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HE great Approbation, with which ſo
| polite a nation as France has received
the Satyrical and Burleſque Dictionary of Mon-
ſieur Le Roux, teſtified by the ſeveral editions
it has gone through, will, it is hoped, apolo-
giſe for an attempt to compile an Engliſh Die-
tionary on a ſimilar plan, our language being
at leaſt as copious as the French, and as capable
of the witty equivoque, beſides which, the
freedom of thought and ſpeech, ariſing from,
and privileged by our conſtitution, gives a force
and poignancy to the expreſſions of our com-
mon people, not to be found under arbitrary
governments, where the ebullitions of vulgar
wit are checked by the fear of the baſtinadb,

or of a lodging during pleaſure in ſome gaol or
caſtle.

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The many vulgar alluſions and cant expreſ-

ſions that ſo frequently occur in our comme

converſation and periodical publications, make
a work of this kind extremely uſeful, if not

abſolulely neceſſary, not only to foreigners, but

even to natives reſident at a diſtance from the

metropolis, or who do not mix in the buſy

world; without ſome ſuch help, they might
hunt through all the ordinary Dictionaries,

from Alpha to Omega, in ſearch of the words,

% black legs, lame duck, a plumb, malinge-
ror, nip cheeſe, darbies, and the new drop,”
although theſe are all terms of well-known
import, at New-market, Exchange- alley, the
City, the Parade, Wapping, and Newgate.
The faſhionable words, or favourite expreſſions
of the day, alſo find their way into our political
and theatrical compoſitions; theſe, as they ge-
nerally originate from ſome trifling event, or
temporary circumſtance, on falling into difuſe,
or being ſuperſeded by new ones, vaniſh with-

out leaving a trace behind, ſuch were the

late faſhionable words, a Bore and a Twaddle,

among the great vulgar, Maccaroni and the

Barber, among the ſmall; theſe too are here
carefully regiſtered.

The Vulgar Tongue conſiſts of two parts:
the firſt is the Cant Language, called ſome-
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PREFACE Ul
times Pedlar's French, or St. Giles's Greek;
the ſecond, thoſe Burleſque Phraſes, Quaint

Alluſions, and Nick-names for perſons, things
and places, which from long uninterrupted
uſage are made claſſical by preſcription. Re-

ſpecting the firſt, that is, the canting language,

take the account given of it's origin and the
cataſtrophe of it's inſtitutor, from Mr. Harri-
ſon's Deſcription of England prefixed to Hol-
lingſhead's Chronicle; where, treating of, beg-
gars, gypſies, &c. he ſays, It is not yet fifty
years ſith this trade began, but how it hath
„ proſpered ſithens that time, it 1s eaſy to
judge, for they are now ſuppoſed of one ſexe
and another to amount unto above ten thou-
ſand perſons, as I have harde reported, more-
over in counterfeiting the Egyptian roges,
„ they have deviſed a language among them-
„ ſelves, which they name canting; but o-
e thers Pedlar's French, a ſpeache compact
„ thirty yeares ſince of Engliſh, and a great
&© number of odde wordes of their own di-

viſing without all order or reaſon, and yet

e ſuch it is, as none but themſelves are able
„ to underſtand. The firſt deviſer thereof was
„ hanged by the neck, as a juſt reward no
doubt for his deſartes, and a common end
to all of that profeſſion ; a gentleman, (Mr.

« Thomas Harman) alſo of late hath taken.
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tizes of this ungracious rabble, and among

& other things he ſetteth down and deſcribeth
twenty-two ſorts of them, whoſe names it

e ſhall not be amiſſe to remember, whereby

each one may gather what wicked people
“they are, and what villany remaineth in
„% them.” For this liſt ſee the word Crew.
This was the origin of the cant language, its
terms have been collected from the following
Treatiſes:

The Bellman of London, bringing to light the
moſt notorious villanies that are now practiſed
in the kingdom. Profitable for gentlemen,
lawyers, merchants, citizens, farmers, maſters
of houſeholds, and all forts of ſervants, to
marke, and delightfull for men to reade.—

Lege, Perlege, Relege. — 1608.

Thieves falling out, true men come by their
goods. — 1615.

Eugliſi Villuinies, ſeven ſeverall times preſt to

eath by the printers; but (ſtill reviving

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diſcovered by lanthorne and candle- light; and
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4 heare him, another conſpiracy of abuſes lately
3 plotting together, to hurt the peace of the
3 kingdom; which the bell-man (becauſe he ther

went {tumbling 1th” dark) could never ſee, till
now. And becauſe a company of rogues, cun-
ning canting gypſies, and all the ſcumme of
our nation, fight under their tattered colours.
At the end is a canting dictionary to teach their
language with canting ſongs. A booke to make
gentlemen merry, citizens warie, countrymen
carefull. Fit for juſtices to reade over, becauſe
it is a pilot by whom they may make ſtrange
diſcoveries, London 1638.

Bailey's, and the new canting dictionary,
have alſo been conſulted, with the Hiſtory of
Bamfield More Carew, the Seſſions Papers, and
other modern authorities; as many of theſe
terms are ſtill profeſſionally uſed by our preſent
race of free-booters of different denominations,
who ſeem to have eſtabliſhed a ſyſtematical
manner of carrying on their buſineſs ; a know-
ledge of them may therefore be uſeful to gen-

tlemen in the commuthon of the peace.

The ſecond part or burleſque terms, have
been drawn from the moſt claſſical authorities ;
ſuch as ſoldiers on the long march, ſeamen

at the cap-ſtern, ladies diſpoſing of their fiſh,
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and the colloquies of a Graveſend- boat; many
heroic ſentences, expreſſing and inculcating a
contempt of death, have been caught from the
mouths of the applauding populace, attending
thoſe triumphant proceſſions up Holborn-hill,
with which many an unfortunate hero, till lately
finiſhed his courſe, and various choice flowers
have been collected at executions, as well thoſe

authorized by the ſentence of the law, and ea

formed under the direction of the ſheriff, :
thoſe inflicted under the authoiity and ae
tion of that impartial and ſummary tribunal,
called the Mob, upon the pick-pockets, in-
formers, or other unpopular criminals,

In the courſe of this work many ludicrous
games and cuſtoms are explained, which are
not to be met with in any other book: the
ſucceſſion of the finiſhers of the law, the aboli-
tion of the triumph or ovation of Holborn—
hill, with the introduction of the preſent mode

of execution at Newgate, are chronologically

aſcertained ; points of great importance to both
the preſent ind future compilers of the Ty-

burne Chronicle,

To prevent any charge of immorality being

brought againſt this work, the Editor begs leave
to obſerve, that when in indelicate or 1 modeſt
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PREFACE. Vil
word has obtruded itſelf for explanation, he

has endeavoured to get rid of it in the moſt
decent manner poſſible; and none have been
1dmitted but ſuch, as either could not be left
out, without rendering the work incomplete,
or, in ſome meaſure, compenſate by their wit,
for the treſpaſs. committed on decorum. In-
deed reſpecting this matter, he can with great
truth make the ſame defence that Falſtaff lu-
dicrouſiy urges in behalf of one engaged in
rebellion, viz. that he did not ſeek them, but
that, like rebellion in the caſe inſtanced, they
lay in his way, and he found them,

The Editor likewiſe begs leave to add, that
if he has had the misfortune to run foul of the
dignity of any body of men, profeſſion, or trade,
it is totally contrary to his intention; and he
hopes the interpretations given to any particular
terms that may ſeem to bear hard upon them,
will not be confidered as his ſentiments, but as
the ſentiments of the perſons by whom ſuch
terms were firſt invented, or thoſe by whom

they are uſed,

Additions and Corrections.

3 Alſaſia read Alſatia.

Gamss, thin, ill ſhaped legs; a corruption of the

French word jambes,

After Gregorian tree inſert the gallows.

JAPANNED, ordained ; to be japanned, to enter into holy
orders, to become a clergyman; from the colour of the

Japan ware, which is black.

For rch face read rich face. |

TwaADDLE, perplexity, a confuſion, or any thing elle, a
faſhionable term that ſucceeded a bore.

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BBE S8, or LADY ABBESS, a bawd, the miſtreſs
of a brothel.

ABEL-WACKETS, blows given on the palm of the hand
with a twiſted handkerchief, inſtead of a ferula; a jocular
puniſhment among ſeamen, who ſometimes play at cards
for wackets, the loſer ſuffering as many ſtrokes as he has
loſt games.

AN ABIGAIL, a lady's waiting maid.

ABRAM, naked, (cant)

ABRAM. COVE, a cant word among thieves. ſignifying a
naked or poor man, alſo a luſty fitong rogue,

ABRAM MEN, pretended mad men.

To sHAM ABRAM, to pretend ſickneſs.

ACADEMY, or PUSHING SCHOOL, a brothel. The float-
ing academy, the lighters on board of which thoſe perſons

are confined, who by a late regulation are condemned to
hard labour, inſtead of tranſportation. Campbell's aca-
demy, the ſame, from a gentleman of that name, who

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had the contract for finding and victualling the hulks or
lighters.

AccounrTs, to caſt up one's s accounts, to vomit.

Acr of PARLIAMENT, a military term for ſmall beer,
five pints of which, by an act of parliament, a landlord
was formerly obliged to give to each ſoldier gratis.

ACTEON, a cuckold, from the horns planted on the head of
Acteon by Diana,

ADam's ALE, water.
ADAM TILER, a pickpocket's aſſociate, who receives the

ſtolen goods and runs off with them, (cant)
ADDLE PATE, an inconfiderate fooliſh fellow.
ADDLE PLOT, a ſpoil ſport, a mar all.
ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, Who carries his flag on his

mainmaſt, a landlord or publican wearing a blue apron,

as was formerly the cuſtom among gentlemen of that yo-
cation,
ADRIFT, (ſea phraſe) looſe, turned adrift, diſcharged.
AFFIDAVIT MEN, knights of the poſt, or falſe witneſſes,
aid to attend Weſtminſter Hall and other courts of Fs
tice, ready to ſwear any thing for hire, diſtinguiſhed by
having ſtraws ſtuck in the heels of their ſhoes,

AFTER-CLAP, a demand after that firſt given in has been.

diſcharged, a charge for pretended omiſſions.

AGAINST THE GRAIN, unwillingly, it went much againſt
the grain with him, i. e. it was much againſt his inclina-
tion, or againſt his pluck, |

Acos, ALL-A-606, anxious, eager, impatient,

AGROUND, ſtuck faſt, ſtopped, at a loſs, ruined, like a boat

or veſlel aground,
AIR AND EXERCISE, he has had air and exerciſe, 14 ©

he has been whipped at the cart's tail, or as it is generally,
though more vulgarly, expreſſed, at the cart's a—ſe.

ALE DRAPER, an alehouſe keeper,
ALL-A-MORT, ſtruck dumb, confounded,

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ALL NATloxs, a compoſition of all the different ſpirits
fold in a dram ſhop, collected in a veſſel, into which the
drainings of the bottles and quartern pots are emptied.

ALSATIA THE HIGHER, White Fryers, once a place pri-
vileged from arreſts for debt, as was alſo the Mint, but
ſuppreſſed on account of the notorious abuſes committed.
there. |
ALSATIA THE LOWER, the Mint in Southwark.

ALSASIANS, the inhabitants of White Fryers, or the Mint.

ALTAMEL, vide Dutch reckoning, a verbal or lump ac-
count, without particulars, ſuch as are commonly pro-
duced at bawdy houſes, ſpunging houſes, &c.

ALTITUDES, the man is in his altitudes, 1. e. he is drunk.

AMBASSADORS, a trick to duck ſome ignorant fellow or
landſman, frequently plaid on board ſhips in the warm la-
titudes, it is thus managed: a large tub is filled with was
ter, and two ſtools placed on each fide of it, over the
whole is thrown a tarpawlin or old fail, this 1s kept tight
by two perſons, who are to repreſent the king and queen
of a foreign country, and are ſeated on the ſtools. The
perſon intended to be ducked plays the ambaſſador, and
after repeating a ridiculous ſpeech dictated to him, is lead
in great form up to the throne, and ſeated between the king

and queen, who rifing ſuddenly as ſoon as he is ſeated, he
falls backward into the tub of water. -

AMBIDEXTER, a lawyer who takes fees from both plain-
tiff and defendant, or that goes ſnacks with both parties
in gaming. 55

AMEN CURLER, a pariſh clerk.

AMINIDAB, a jeering name for a quaker,

AMES ACE, within ames ace, nearly, very near.

To amvsE, (in a canting ſenſe) to fling duſt or ſnuff in
the eyes of a perſon intended to be robbed. Allo to in-
vent ſome plauſible tale, to delude ſhopkeepers and others,
thereby to put them off their guard, 5

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AMvsERs, rogues who carried ſnuff or duſt in their poc-
kets, which they threw into the eyes of any perſon they
intended to rob, and running away, their accomplices pre-
tending to aſſiſt, and pity the half blinded perſon, too 00k
that opportunity of plundering him.

An ANABAPTIST, a pick-pocket caught in the fact, and

puniſhed with the diſcipline of the pump, or horſe-pond.

ANGLERS, pilferers, or petty thieves, who with a ſtick ha-
ving a hook at the end, ſteal goods out of ſhop windows,
grates, &c. alſo thoſe who draw in, or entice unwary per-
ſons, to prick at the belt, or ſuch like devices.

ANGLING FOR FARTHINGS, begging out of a priſon win=
dow with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long
firing.

ANKLE, a girl who 1s got with child, 1s ſaid 'to have
ſprained her ankle.

ANTHONY, or TANTONY PIG, the favourite or ſmalleſt
pig in the litter: to follow like a tantony pig, i. e. St.
Anthony's pig, to follow cloſe at one's heels. St. An-
thony the hermit was a ſwine herd, and is always repre-
ſented with his bell and pig.

To Knock ANHoNyY, ſaid of an inkneed perſon, or one

whoſe knees knock together. See to cuff Jonas.

APE LEADER, an old maid, their puniſhment after death,
for neglecting to encreaſe and multip! y, will be it is ſaid,
leading apes in hell. | 5

APOTHECARY, to talk like an apothecary, to talk non-
ſenſe, from the aſſumed gravity and affectation of know-
ledge, generally put on by the gentlemen of that profeſ-

ſion, who are commonly but ſuperficial in their learning.
APOTHECARY'S BILL, a long bill.
APOTHECARY's, or LAW LATIN, barbarous Latin, vul-
garly called dog Latin, in Ireland bog Latin. |
APRIL Foor, any one impoſed on, or ſent on a bootleſs
errand on the firſt of April, on which day it is the cuſ-
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tom among the lower people, children and fervants, by

dropping empty papers carefully doubled up, ſending per-
ſons on abſurd meſſages, and ſuch like contrivances, to
impoſe on everyone they can, and then to ſalute them
with the title of April-fool.

APRON STRING HOLD, an eſtate held by a man during
his wife's life. |

Aqua POMPAGINIS, pump water, (apothecaries Latin.)

An ARCH ROGUE, or DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN,
the chief of a gang of thieves or gypſies. |

An ARCH DELL, or ARCH DOXY, fignifies the ſame in
rank among the female canters or gypſies.

AR1sT1PPUSs, a diet drink or decoction of ſarſaparilla, chi-
na, &c. ſold at certain coffee houſes and drank as tea.

ARMOUR, in his armour, pot valiant; to fight in armour,

to make uſe of Mrs. Philips's ware. See c—d—m.

ARK, (cant) a boat or wherry. Let us take an ark and
winns. Let us take a ſculler. |

ARK RUFFIANS, (cant) rogues who in conjunction with

watermen robbed and ſometimes murdered on the water,
by picking a quarrel with the paſſengers in a boat, board-
ing it, plundering, ſtripping, and throwing them over-
board, &c. a ſpecies of badgers. |

ARs MUSICA, a bum-fiddle.

ARsE, to hang an arſe, ta hang back, to be afraid to
advance, |

ARSY VARSEY, to fall arſy varſey, 1. e. head over heels.

ARTHUR, KING ARTHUR, a game uſed at ſea, when near

the line, or in a hot latitude. It 1s performed thus : a man

who is to repreſent king Arthur, ridiculouſly dreſſed, hav-
ing a large wig made out of oakum, or ſome old ſwabs, is
ſeated on the fide or over a large veſſel of water, every
perſon in his turn is to be ceremoniouſly introduced to
him, and to pour a bucket of water over him, crying hail
king Arthur! if during this ceremony the perſon intro-
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| changes place with, and then becomes king Arthur, till
* relieved by ſome brother tar, who has as little command
0 over his muſcles as himſelf.
Mi | Ass16, an affignation. |
1 ATHANASIAN WENCH, or QUICUNQUE VULT, a for-
MN ward girl, ready to oblige every man that ſhall aſk her,
Fil AvuNT, mine aunt, cant, a bawd or procureſs, a title of
N eminence for the ſenior dells, who ſerve for inſtructreſſes,
WW. midwives, &c. for the dells. Sec dells,
0 Aurku, a church.
1 Arz BAWLER, (cant) a parſon.
All AUTEM CACKLERS, [ (cant) diſſenters of every deno-
AUTEM PRICE EARS, 3 mination.
AUTEM CACKLE TUB, (cant) a conventicle or meeting
' houſe for diſſenters,
AUTEM DIPPERS, (cant) Anabaptiſts.
AUTEM DIVERS, (cant) pickpockets who practiſe in church-
es, alſo church-wardens and overſeers of the poor.
AUTEM GOGLERS, (cant) pretended French prophets,
AUTEM MORT, (cant) a married woman, alſo a female
beggar, with ſeveral children hired or borrowed to excite
charity. |
AurEM QUAVERS, (cant) quakers.
AUTEM QUAVER TUB, (cant) a quakers meeting-houſe.

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ABES ix THE wo00D, rogues in the ſtocks, or pillory.

BAck-BITER, one who {landers another behind his

back, i. e. in his abſence, His boſom friends are become
his back-biters, ſaid of a louſy man.

BAck'p, dead. He wiſhes to have the ſenior, or old ſquare-
tocs back'd. He longs to have his father on fix mens
lhoulders, that is, carrying to the grave.

BAck-ur, his back is up, 1, e. he is offended or angry;
an expreſſion or idea taken from a cat, that animal, when
angry, always raiſing its back; an alluſion alſo ſometimes
uſed to jeer a crooked man, as, fo Sir, I ſee ſomebody hag
offended you, for your back is up.

BACON, he has ſaved his bacon, he has eſcaped, he has a
good voice to beg bacon, a ſaying in ridicule of a bad
VOICE,

BacoN FACED, full faced.

BAcoN FED, fat, greaſy.

BACK GAMMON PLAYER, a ſodomite.

USHER, or GENTLEMAN OF THE "BACK DOOR, the
ſame. |

BAD BARGAIN, one of his majeſty's bad bargains, a worth»
leſs ſoldier, a malingeror. See malingeror.

BADGE, term uſed in the canting ſenſe, for one burned in
the hand. He has got his badge, and piked; he was
burned in the hand, and is at liberty. (cant.)

BADGE coves, pariſh penſioners. (cant. }

BaDGERs, a crew of deſperate villains who robbed near
rivers, into which they threw the bodies of thoſe they
murdered, (cant, }

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BapGEx, to confound, perplex, or teaze.

BacGace, heavy baggage, women and children.

BAaGPIPE, TO BAGPIPE, a laſcivious practice too indecent
for explanation,

BAk ERS DozkEx, fourteen, that number of rolls being
allowed to the purchaſers of a dozen.

BALDERDASH, adulterated wine.

BALLUM RANCUM, a hop or dance, where the women are
all proſtitutes, a dance at a brothel,

BALsAM, money.

A BAM, a jocular impoſition, the ſame as a humbug.

See humbug.
To Bam, to impoſe on any one by a falfity, alſo to jeer
or make fun of any one. |
BAMBOOZLE, to make a fool of any one, to humbug or
impoſe on kim.

BANAGHAN, he beats Banaghan, an Iriſh ſaying of one
who tells wonderful ſtories, perhaps Banaghan was a min-

ftrel famous for dealing in the marvellous, |

BaNnDBox, that is mine a—ſe on a bandbox, an anſwer to
the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpoſe for
which it is proffered, like offering a bandbox for a ſeat.

BANBURY STORY OF A COCK AND A BULL, a round-
about nonſenſical ſtory.

Bax Doo, a bailiff or his follower, alſo a very fierce maſtiff.

BANDORE, a widow's mourning peak, alſo a muſical in-
ſtrument. |

BaxG sTRAw, a nick name for a threſher, but applied to
all the Gras of a farmer. |

BAxks's HORSE, a horſe famous for playing tricks, the
property of one Banks, it is mentioned in Sir Walter Ra-
leigh's Hiſt. of the World, p. 178, alſo by Sir Kenelm
Digby and Ben Johnſon.

BANTLING, a young child,

BANYAN DAY, a ſea term for thoſe * on which no

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that had life.

BAPT ISE D, or CHRISTENED. Rum, brandy, or any other

ſpirits that have been lowered with water.

The BARBER, or that's the barber, a ridiculous and un-
meaning phraſe, in the mouths of the common people
about the year 1760, ſignifying their approbation of any
action, meaſure, or thing. |

BARKER, the ſhopman of a dealer in ſecond hand clothes,
particularly about Monmouth-ſtreet, who walks before
his ſhop, and deafens every paſſenger with his eries of
clothes, coats, or gowns, what d'ye want gemmen, what
d'ye buy? |

BARKING IRON), piſtols, from their exploſion reſembling
the bow-wow or barking of a dog. (Iriſh)

| BARNACLE, a good job, or ſnack eaſily got, alſo ſhell fiſh

growing on the bottoms of ſhips; a bird of the gooſe
kind; an inftrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the
noſes of vicious horſes whilſt ſhoeing; a nick name for
ſpectacles, and alſo for the gratuity given to grooms, by
the buyers and ſellers of horſes,

BAR wie, between a dalmahoy and a double cauliflower
or full bottom. See Dalmahoy. |

Ba sk Er, an exclamation frequently made uſe of in cock

pits, at cock fightings, where perſons refuſing or unable
to pay their loſings, are adjudged by that reſpectable aſ-
ſembly to be put into a baſket ſuſpended over the pit,
there to remain during that day's diverſion, On the leaſt
demur to pay a bet, baſket is vociferated in terrorem.
BASKET MAKING, the good old trade of baſket-makingy
copulation, or making feet for children's ſtockings.
To BASTE, to beat. I'Il give him his baſtings, I'Il beat
him heartily.
A BASTING, a beating.
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a ſtick, formerly ſpelt haſton,

BaTTNER, an ox, beef heing apt to batten or fatten thoſe
that eat it. The cove has huſhed the battner, i. e. has
killed the “

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Bavorans, (Scotch) a cat, | 3
BawBEE, (Scotch) a halfpenny, | b
BawBELs, or BAWBLES, trinkets, a man's alen, | Z
Bawv, a female procureſs. 'F
BAwD Y BASKET, (cant) the twenty-third rank of can- 3
ters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obſcene books to 3
ſell, but live moſtly by ſtealing. ;
BawDY HOUSE BOTTLE, a very ſmall one, ſhort mea- $

ſure, being among the many means uſed by the keepers of
thoſe houſes, to gain what they call an honeſt hvelihood; ]
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kinder they behave to him.

Bay winDows, old projecting windows.

BAYARD oF TEN TOEs, to ride Bayard of ten toes, is

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BEARIN OCS, I' bring him to his bearins, Þil brin him to
reaſon. (Sea term) |

BEAST WITH TWO BACKS, a man and woman in the act
of copulation, i

BEAU TRAP, a looſe fone in a, pavement, under which
water lodges, and on being trod upon, (quirts it up, to
the great damage of white fockings; a'lo a ſharper
heatly dreſſed, lying in wait for raw country iquires, Or
ignorant fops.

BAL M'p, a piece of ſea wit ſported in hot weather, I am
becalm'd, the ſail ſticks to the maſl, that is my ſhirt ſticks
to my back,

BEDIZENED, dreſſed out, over dre! led, or awkwardly
ornamented.

BEDAWBED ALL OVER WITH LACE, vulgar ſaying of
any one dreſted in clothes richly laced,

BED, put to bed with a mattock, and rucked up with a
ſpade, faying of one that is dead and buried. You wall
go up a ladder to bed, 1. e. you will be ranged. In many
country places, perſons hanged are made to mount up a
ladder, which is afterwards turned round or taken away,
whence the term turned off.“

BEck, a beadle. S e hermanheck.

A Bree EATER, a veoman of the guards, inſtituted by
Henry VII. their office was to ſtand near the bouflet, or
cupboard, thence called Bouffetiers, fince co ru, ted to
beef eaters, others ſuppoſe they obtained this name from
the ſize of their perſons, and the eaſineſs of rheis duty,
as having ſcarce more to do than to eat the king's Hef.

BEEP; to cry beef, (cant) to give the alarm. hey have
cried beef on us, To be in a man's beef, to wound him
with a ſword,

BEETLE BROWED, one having thick projecting eyebrows.

BEETLE HEADED, dull, ſtupid,

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BEOCCAR MAKERS, an ale-houſe.

BEOGCOGAR MAKER, a publican, or ale-houſe keeper.

BEGGARS BULLETS, ſtones; the beggar's bullets began
to fly, i. e. they began to throw ſtones.

BEILBV's BALL, he will dance at Beilby's ball, where
the ſheriff pays the muſick: he will be hanged. Who
Mr. Beilby was, or why that ceremony was ſo called,
remains with the quadrature of the circle, the diſcovery
of the philoſopher's ſtone, and diverſe other defiderata yet
urdiſcovered.

BEL, all ſorts of ey that liquor being apt to cauſe
eructation
BEL Iv N an apron.

BErry PLEA, the plea of pregnancy, generally adduced
by female felons capitally convicted, which they take
care to provide for, previous to their trials; every gaol
85 2g, as the Beggar's Opera informs us, one or more

J getters, who qualify the ladies for that expedient,
rr LY TIMBER, food of all ſorts.

IL SWAGGER, a noiſy bullying fellow.

L WETHER, the chief or leader of a mob, Idea

t:ken from a flock of ſheep, where the wether has a bell

About its neck.

BENE (cant) good.

ENE BOW SE, (cant) good beer, or other $rong 1

N COVE, 2 a good fellow.

hENE r RKMANS, (cant) good night.

NE FAM ERS, (cant) counterfeiters of bills.

„f FEAKERS OF GYBES, (cant) counterfeiters of paſſes.
{+ SHIPLY, (cant) worſhipfully.

BEN, cont) a fool,

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1:08, the beggar's beniſon, may your ***** and

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Mbpas, a cant name for certain places in London,

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Ben. Johnſon.

Bxss, or BETTY, (cant) a ſmall inſtrument uſed by houſe
breakers to force open doors. Bring beſs and glym, bring
the inſtrument to force the door, and the dark lanthorn.

Small flaſks like thoſe for Florence wine, are alſo called
bettys.

' BEss, See brown beſs,
_BETTY MARTIN, that's my eye betty martin, an anſwer

to any one that attempts to impoſe or humbug.

BEST. To the beſt in Chriſtendom, i. e. the beſt ** in
Chriſtendom, a health formerly much 1n vogue.

BET, a wager, to bet to lay a wager.

BETWATTLED, ſurpriſed, confounded, out of ones ſenſes,
alſo bewrayed.

BEVER, an afternoon's luncheon, alſo a fine hat, bevers
fur making the beſt hats,

BEVERAGE, garniſh money, or money for drink, demanded
of any one having a new ſuit of clothes.

BiDDy, or CHICK-A-BIDDY, a chicken, and figuratively
a young wench,

BIůE T, commonly pronounced biddy, a kind of tub, coa-
trived for ladies to waſh themſelves, for which purpoſe

they beſtride it like a little French poney, or poſt horle,
called in France bidets.

B1LBEY'S BALL, See ball.
BILBOA, (cant) a ſword, Bilboa in Spain was once fa-
mous for well tempered blades: theſe are quoted by

Falſtaff, where he deſcribed the manner in which he lay
in the buck baſket.

BILK, (cant) to cheat, Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let
us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare: bilking a
coachman, a box keeper, or a poor whore, was formerly
among men of the town thought a gallant action.

BILL OF SALE, a widow's weeds, See houſe to let.

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Fl | BixG, (cant) to go. 3
Wile | Bing avasT, (cant) get you gone. Binged avaſt ina ü
Ws darkmans, ſtole away in the night. Bing we to Rume- 3
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0 Bixco, (cant) brandy or other ſpirituous liquor. 'F
0 BinGo Bov, (cant) a dram drinker.
00 BIN GO MORT, (cant) a female dram drinker.
| 9 BIxxAcLE WORD, a fine or affected word, which ſailors
Jl | jeeringly offer to chalk up, upon the binnacle. |
| 0 . BIRD AND BABY, the fign of the eagle and child, 1
Ul * BIRD wir TED, inconſiderate, thovghtleſs, eafily im- ;
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11 Bis Hop, a mixture of wine and water, into which is put a :
j ji roaſted orange. Alſo one of the largeſt of Mrs, Philips's Z
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Il Brs8!10PPED, or to BISHOP, a term among horſe dealers, 5
0 for burning the mark into a horſe's tooth, after he has 1
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loſt it by age, by biſhopping a horſe is made to appear ä
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Bireu, a ſhe dog, or dogeſs; the moſt offenſive apellarion A |
that can be given to an Evetiſh Woman, even more pros 3 |
voking than that of whore, as may be gathered from the 3
regular Billinſgate or St. Giles's anſwers, I may be a 4 |
whore, but can't be a bitch,” F
Birou Boon, a country wench, military term. :
To B1Tcn, to yield, or give up an attempt through fear; 1
to ſtand bitch, to make tea, or do the honours of the tea 2
table, or performing a female part, Bitch there ſtanding | |

for woman, ſpecies for genus.

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' A laſcivious rampant wench,

A BITE, (ant) a cheat, allo a woman's privities. The cul

3 wapt the mort's bite; the fellow enjoycd the wench
L heartily.

I To BITE, (cant to over-reach, or impoſe, alſo to ſteal.
1 Biting was once eftcemed a kind of wit, fimilar to the

humbug. An inſtance of it is given in the Spectator:
2 man under icntence of death having ſoid his body to 2
{urgeon rather beloiy the market price, on receiving the
money, cried a bite; I am to be hanged in chains. To
bite the roger, to ſteal a portmanteau ; to bite the wiper,
to ſteal a handkerchiet ; to bite on the bridie, to be pinched
or reduced to ditticultics,
BL AB, a tell tale, or one incapable of keeping a ſecret.

BLACK ART, (cant) the art of picking a lock.

BLACK AND WHITE, in writing. I have it in black 55
white; I have written evidence.

BLACK Box, (cant) a lawyer.

BLACK GUARD, a ſhabby dirty fellow, a term ſaid to be
derived from a number of dirty tattered and roguiſh boys,
= who attended at the horſe guards and parade in St.
2 James's park, to black the boots and ſhoes of the ſoldiers, -
or to do any other dirty offices, theſe from their conſt nt
3 attendance about the time of guard mounting, were nick

named the black guards. |
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= leather.
Brack Inpigs, Newcaſtle in Pre i wloſe
rich coal mines Prove an indzes to the pro] Irietor.
Brack LEGs, a gambler or ſharper on the turf or in the
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and produce and repeat the taſks ſet them.
Br ack Mus, hoods and ſcarves of alamode luteſtring.
BLACK PSALM; to ſing the black an, to cry ; a ſay-
ing uſed to children.
Br ack sp, the devil.
BLAck $TRAP, bene carlo wine, alſo port, A taſk of

labour impoſed on ſoldiers at Gibralter, as a puniſhment |

for ſmall offences.

BLAxk; to look blank, to x: tos diſappointed or con-
founded.

BLARNEY ; he has licked the Blarney ſtone; he deals in
the wonderful, or tips us the traveller. The Blarney
ſtone is a triangular ſtone on the very top of an an-
cient caſtle of that name, in the county of Cork in Ire-
land, extremely difficult of acceſs, ſo that to have aſcend-
ed to it was conſidered as a proof of perſeverance, courage
and agility, whereof many are ſuppoſed to claim the ho-
nour, who never atchieved the adventure; and to tip the

Blarney, 1s figuratively uſed for telling a marvellous ſtory,
or fallity. (1r:h)

A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE, (cant) an aban-

doned rogue or proſtitute,
To BLAST, to curſe,
BLEACHED MORT, a fair complex ioned wench.

BLEATERS, (cant) thoſe cheated by Jack in a box. See
Jack in a box.

BLEATING CHEAT, (cant) a ſheep.

BLEEDING CULLY, one who parts eaſily wich his money,
or blceds freely.

BLEw jon, aſh or after-wort.

BLIND, a feiar, pretence, a ſhift.

BLIND CHEEKS, the breech, Buts blind cheeks; kiſs mine
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quented alehouſe, lane or alley.

BLIND HARPERS, beggars counterſeiting blindneſs, play-

ing on fiddles, &c,

BLINDMAN's BUFF, a play uſed by children, where one
being blinded by a handkerchief bound over his eyes,
attempts to ſeize any one of the company, who all endea-
vour to avoid him; the perſon caught muſt be blinded in

his ſtead.

BLINDMAN's HOLIDAY, night, darkneſs.

BLocK HovUsEs, priſons, houſes of correction, &c.

BLooDY BACK, a jeering apellation for a ſoldier, alluding

to his ſcarlet coat,

B Loop, a riotous diſorderly fellow.

BLoss, (cant) the pretended wife of a bully, or ſhop lifter,

To BLOT THE SKRIP AND JARK IT, cant) i. e. to ſtand
engaged, or bound for any one.

BLow, (cant) he has bit the blow, i. e. he has ſtolen the
goods.

BLOWER, a miſtreſs or whore.

To BLOW THE GROUNDSILS, Cnr tk to he with a woman
orkthe floor,

To BLow THE GAB, (cant) to. confeſs, or ampekc a

confederate, |

A Br OwsF, OR BLOWSABELLA, a woman whoſe hair is
diſhevelled and hanging about her face, a flattern.

BLUBBER, the mouth, (cant) I have ſtopped the cul!*s hlub-
ber, I have ſtopped the fellow's mouth, meant either by

gagging or murdering him.

To BLUBBER, to cry.

BLUE, to look blue, to be confounded, terrified, or diſ-
appointed,

BLut DEvILs, low ſpirits.

BLUE PIDGEON FLIERS, thieves who ſtcal lead off houſes
and churches, {cant}

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BLUE PLUMB, a bullet; ſurfeited with a blue plumb,
wounded with a bullet: a ſortment of George R—-'s b'ue
plumbs, a volley of ball, ſhot from ſoldiers firelocks.

BLUE FLAG, he has hoiſted the blue flag, he has commenced
publican, or taken a public houſe; alluding to the blue
aprons worn by publicans. See admiral of the blue.

BTurr, fierce, ſurly; he looked as bluff as bull beef.

BLU PF ER, (cant) an inn keeper, c

BLUNDERBUSss, a ſhort gun with a wide bore, for carrying
{lugs, alſo a ſtupid blundering fellow.

To BLUSTER, to talk big, to hector or bully.

BOARDINOG $CHOOL, Bridewell, Newgate, or any other
priſon or houſe of correction.

Bos, (cant) a ſhoplifter's affiſtant, or one that receives
and carries off the ſtolen goods. All is bob, all is ſafe.
BosBBED, cheated, tricked, diſappointed.

BoB TAIL, (cant) a lewd woman, or one that plays with
her tail, alſo an impotent man, or an eunuch. Tag, rag,
and bobtail ; a mob of all ſorts of low people. To ſhift
one's bob; to move off, or go away. |

BO DIES, the foot guards, or king's body guards.

Bopy $sNATCUERs, bum bailiffs.

Bos LANDER, an Iriſhman, Ireland being famous for its

large bogs, which furniſh the chief fuel in many parts of

that kingdom.

BoG TROTTER, the ſame,

Bog Hovsx, the neceſſary houſe. |

Bos LATIN, (1ri/þ) barbarous latin. See dog latin and
apothecaries latin,

Bocy, aſk bogy, i. e. aſk: mine a—ſe, (ſea wit)

BOLT, a blunt arrow, bolt upright, as erect, or ſtraight up,
as an arrow ſet on its end. |

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place, through fear, a term borrowed from a rabbit war-
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him bolt. To bolt, alſo means to ſwallow meat without
chewing. The farmer's ſervants in Kent are famous for
bolting large quantities of pickled pork.

BoLTER OFT WHITE FRIARS, or the MinT, one that
peeps out, but dares not venture abroad for fear of arreſts.

BONE Box, the mouth. Shut your bone box; ſhut your
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BoxE SETTER, a hard trotting horſe.

Boosy, or DOG BOOBY, an aukward lout, clodhopper, or
country fellow. See clodhopper and lout: a bitch booby,
a country wench,

BoorT CATCHER, the ſervant in an inn, whoſe buſineſs it
1s to clean the boots of the gueſts.

Boors, the youngeſt officer in a regimental meſs, whoſe

duty it is to {kink, that 1s to ſtir the fire, ſnuff the candles,
and ring the bell. See ſkink.

Boor v, to play booty, cheating play, where . player
purpoſely avoids winning.

BoRACHIo, a {kin for holding wine, commonly a goat's;

alſo a nick name for a drunkard.

BoRDE, a ſhilling, a half borde, ſixpence.

BoRDELLO, a bawdy houſe.

Bore, a bore, a tedious troubleſome man or woman, one
who bores. the ears of his hearers with an unintereſting
tale, a term much in faſhion about the years 1780,
and 1781.

BoTHERED, or BOTH EARE D, talked to at both ears, by
different perſons, at the ſame time, confounded, confuſed,
(Iriſh phraſe) |

BoTTLE HEAD, void of wit.

BovuGgns, as he is up in the boughs, he is in a paſhon.

BoUNCER, a large man or woman, alſo a great he.

To BOUNCE, to brag or hector, alſo to tell an improbable
ory,

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BouNncinG CHEAT, (cant) a bottle, from the expleſion in
drawing the cork.

Bovvxs, (cant) a purſe,

BouNG NIPPER, (cant) a cut purſe,

Boos E, or BovsE, drink.

BoosEy, drunk, a

BowsING KEN, an alehouſe, or ginſhop.

BowsPRIT, the noſe, from its being the moſt projecting
part of the human face, as the bowſprit is of a ſhip.

Bow wow, the childiſh name for a dog, alſo a jeering Tm
pellation for a man born at Boſton, 1 in America,

Bow wow MUTTON, dog's fleſh.

BowYER, one that draws a long bow; a dealer in the

marvelious; a teller of improbable ſtories 3 a liar. Per-

haps from the wonderful ſhots frequently boaſted of by
archers,

To Box THE COMPASS, (ſea term) to ſay or repeat the

mariner's compals, not only backwards or forwards, but
alio to be able to anſwer any, and all queſtions reſpecting
its diviſions,

To Box THE JEsVIT, AND GET COCK ROACHES, (%
term) for maſturbation. A crime it is ſaid much practiſed
by the reverend fathers of that ſociety,

BRACKET FACED, ugly, hard featured.

BRAGGET, mead and ale ſweetened with honey.

| BxaGGADOCIo, a vain glorious fellow, a boaſter.

BRANDY FACED, red faced, as if from drinking brandy.
FRAT, a child or infant.

BRAZEN FACED, bold faced, ſhameleſs, impudent.

BRAY ; a vicar of Bray; one who frequently changes his
principles, always ſiding with the ſtrongeſt party. An

alluſion to a vicar of Bray, in Berkſhire, commemorated

in a well-known ballad for the pliability of his conſcience.
BREAKING SHINS, borrowing money; perhaps from the
figurative operation being like the real one extremely

diſagreeable to the patient.
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BTA D BASKET, the ſtomach; a term uſed by boxers. I

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BREAD, employment. Out of bread; out of employ-
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verns her huſband is ſaid to wear the breeches.

BREEZE. To kick up a breeze; to breed a diſturbance.

BRI. (abbreviation of brimſtone) an abandoned woman;
perhaps originally only a paſſionate or jiraſcible woman,

compared to brimſtone for its inflammahility.

Bals Tol MILK, a Spaniſh wine called ſherry, much drank
at that place, particularly in the morning. |

B&ISKET BEATER, a Roman catholic. See breaſt ſqua-
dron and craw thumper,

rap E, a ſoldier.
BUSKIN, a player.
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Enzo co1F, a ſerjeant at law.

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| GUSSET, a pimp.

| QUILL, an author,

STRING, a fidler.

| \ WHIP, a coachman.

BROTHER STARLING, one who lies with the ſame wo-

man, that is, builds in the ſame neſt. |
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was a beef eater, and once the beſt boxer of his day.

Brown BEss, a ſoldier's firelock. To hug brown beſs;
to carry a firelock, or ſerve as a private ſoldier,

BROWN GEORGE, an ammunition loaf, B
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BRUIsER, a boxer, one ſkilled in the art of boxing.

BrvisING, or rather BREWISING THE BED, bewraying

the bed, from

BrEweEs, or BROWEs, oatmeal boiled in the pot with ſalt
beef, |

To BRUSH, to run away, Let us buy a bruſh and lope;
let us get away, or off. To have a bruſh with a woman;
to lie with her. To have a bruſh with a man; to fight
with him. 5

BRUs HER, a bumper, a full glaſs. See bumper.

Bus, ſtrong beer.

BuBE, the venereal diſeaſe.

BUBBLE AND $QUEAK, beef and cabbage fried together.
it is ſo called from its bubbling up and ſqueaking whilſt
over the fire. |

To BUBBLE, to cheat. |

The BUBBLE, the party cheated; perhaps from his being
like an air bubble, filled with words, which are only
wind, inſtead of real property.

BuBBLy Jock, a turkey cock. (Scotch)

BUBBER, a drinking bowl, alſo a great drinker. A thief
that ſteals plate from publick houſes. (cant)

Buck, a blind horſe, alſo a gay debauchee, To run 2
buck ; to poll a bad vote at an election. (Iriſb term)

BucKEEN, a bully. (1rifh)

BucKkErT ; to kick the bucket ; to die.

Buck FiTcy, a leacherous old fellow.

Buck's FACE, a cuckold,

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ſodomite.
BuDGE, or $NEAKING BUDGE, one that ſlips into houſes
b in the dark, to ſteal cloaks or other clothes. Alſo lambs
'$ fur formerly uſed for doctors robes, whence they were
= called budge doctors. Standing budge, a thief's ſcout
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3 from hence; 1. e. don't move from hence; ſtay here.
Burr. To ſtand buff; to ſtand the brunt.
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Bor NABBER, (cant) a dog ſtealer.
A BUFFER, one that ſteals and kills horſes and dogs for their

= {kins : allo an inn keeper.
| = BUFFLE HEADED, confuſed, ſtupid. :

9 BuGHER, a little yelping dog.

1 BUGGY, a one horſe chaiſe.

Bus, a nick name given by the Iriſh to Engliſhmen ; bugs
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5 bever, and ſubſtituting in lieu thereof an equal weight of
= ſome cheaper ingredient. Bailiffs who take money to
f 3 poſtpone or refrain the ſerving of a writ, are faid to bug
; the writ.
2 | Bc AROCH, comely, handſome. (T1r1h)

| BULK AND FILE, two pickpockets; the bulk joſtles the
} party to be robbed, and the file does the buſineſs.
1 BULKER, one who lodges all night on a bulk or projection
4 before old faſhioned ſhop windows.
Burr BEGGAR, Or BULLY BEGGAR, an imaginary being
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with which children are threatened by ſervants and nurſes,
like raw head and bloody bones.

BULL CHIN, a fat chubby child.

To BULLOCK, to heCtor, bounce, or bully.

BuLL, an Exchange-alley term for one who buys ſtock e on
ſpeculation for time, i. e. agrees with a ſeller, called a
bear, to take a certain ſum of ſtock at a future day, at a
Rated price; if at that day, ſtock fetches more than the
price agreed on, he receives the difference; if it falls or
is cheaper, he either pays it, or becomes a lame duck and
waddles out of the alley, See lame duck and bear.

BuLL, a blunder, from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering
lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henry VII.
by a bull, is now always meant a blunder made by an

Iriſhman. A bull was alſo the name of falſe hair, for-
merly much worn by women: to look like bull beef, or

as bluff as bull beef, to look * or ſurly: town bull, a

great whore maſter.

BuLL CALF, a great hulkey or clumſy as: See

hulkey.

BUuLL's FEATHER, a horn, he wears the bull's feather, he

1s a cuckold,

BUuLL's EYE, a crown piece.

BULL voss, piſtols.

BULLY, a cowardly fellow, who gives himſelf airs of great
bravery. A bully huff cap, a hector. See heCtor,

EULLX BACK, a bully to a bawdy houſe, one who is kept
in pay, to oblige the frequenters of the houſe to ſubmit

to the impoſitions of the mother abbeſs, or bawd, and
who alſo ſometimes pretends to be the huſband of one of |
the ladies, and under that pretence extorts money from |
greenhorns, or ignorant young men, whom he finds with

her. Sce greenhorn.
BULLY COCK, one who foments quarrels in order to rob
the perſons quarrelling.

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with oaths and imprecations.

BULLY TRAP, a brave man with a mild or effeminate
appearance, by whom bullies are frequently taken in.

BuwmBo, brandy, water, and ſugar; alſo the negroe name
for the private parts of a woman,

Bum BAILI1FF, a ſheriff*s officer, who arreſts debtors,
ſo called perhaps from following his prey, and being
at their bums, or as the vulgar phraſe is, hard at their
a—ſes. Blackſtone . ſays, it is a corruption of bound
bailiff, from their being obliged to give bond for their
good behaviour,

BUMMED, arreſted.

BuM BRUSHER, a ſchool maſter,

BUM BOAT, a boat attending ſhips to retail greens, drams,
&c. commonly rowed by a woman; a kind of floating

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chandler's ſhop.

Bum FODDER, ſoft paper for the neceſſary houſe or
torchecul,

BUMFIDDLE, the backſide, the breech. See ars muſica.

BUMPER, a full glaſs, in all likelihood from its convexity
or bump at the top ; ſome derive it from a full glaſs for-
merly drank to the health of the pope, a la bon pere.

BUMKIN, a raw country fellow.

BuxTER, a low dirty proſtitute, half whore and half
beggar,

BURNT, poxed or clapped : he was ſent out a ſacrifice, and
came home a burnt offering; ſaying of ſeamen who have
caught the venereal diſeaſe abroad.

BurN cost, jocular name for a baker.

BurN THE KEN, ſtrollers living in an alchouſe without

paying their quarters are ſaid to burn the ken. (cant)
Bun THE PARADE, warning more men for a guard
than were neceſlary, and len the fupernum for
money, This was a practice formerly winked at in moſt
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garriſons, and was a very conſiderable perquiſite to the

adjutants and ſerjeant majors ;z the pretence for it was to

purchaie coal and candle tor the ny whence it was
called burning the parade.

EuRNING SHAME, a lighted candle ſtuck into the private
parts of a woman,

Bunk, a hanger on or dependent, an alluſion to che field
burrs which are not eaſily got rid of. Alſo the Northum-
brian pronunciation, the people of that country but chief-
ly about Newcaſtle and Morpeth are ſaid to have a burr
in their throats, particularly called the Newcaſtle burr.

BusHEL BUBBY, a full breaſted woman.

Buss BEGGAR, an old ſuperannuated fumbler, whom none
but beggars will ſuffer to kiſs them.

BUTCHER, a jocular exclamation uſed at ſea, or by ſoldiers
on a march, when one of their comrades falls down, and
means, butcher ! butcher ! where are you? here is a calf
that has the ſtaggers, and wants b'ceding. |

BuTTER, a butter, an inch of butter, that commodity be-
ing ſold at Oxford by the yard, in rolls of about an inch
diameter. I he word is uſed plurally, as © ſend me a roll
and two butters,”

BUTTER Box, a Dutchman, from the great quantity of
butter eaten by the people of that country.

BUTTER A BET, to double or triple it.

BUTTERED BUN, one lying with a woman that has juſt
lain with another man, is ſaid to have a buttered bun,

Burr, a dependant or poor relation, or fimpleton, on
whom all kinds of jokes are plaid, and who ſerves as a
butt for all the ſhafts of wit and ridicule,

Rurrock, (cant) a whore.

BuTTOCK BROKER, (cant) a bawd, or match maker. But-

tock ball, copulation,

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sHAM FILE, a common whore tut no pickpocket,

BuTTON, (cant) a bad ſhilling, among coiners.

BvzzARD, a funple fellow; a blind buzzard, a purblind
man or woman.

Buzz A, to buzza one, is to challenge him to pour out all
the wine in the bottle into his glaſs, undertaking to drink
it, ſhould it prove more than the glaſs would hold ; it is
commonly ſaid to one who hefitates to ey a bottle that
it nearly out.

BYE BLow, a baſtard,

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ABB AG E, cloth, ſtuff, or fi k purloined by taylors
from their employers, which they depoſit in a place
called hell, or their eye: from the firſt, when taxed with
their knavery, they equiyocally ſwear, that if they have
taken any, they wiſh they may find it in hell; or alluding
to the ſecond proteſt, that what they have over and above
is not more than they could put in their eye.
CACKLE, (cant) to blab, or diſcover ſecrets. The cull is
leaky, and cackles ; the rogue tells all, See leaky.
CACKLING CHEATS, (cant) fowꝛls.
CACKLING FARTS, (cant) eggs.
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diers, ſignifying a folemn vow or cſolution not to get
drunk for a certain time; or as the term is, till their cagg
is out, which vow is commonly obſerved with the ſtricteſt
exactneis: ex. I have cagg'd myſelf for fix months. Ex-
cuſe me this time, and I will cagg myſelf for a year. This

term is alſo uſed in the ſame ſenſe among the common

people in Scotland, where it is performed with diverſe
ceremonies.

Cake or CAKk Ex, a bolith fellow.

CaLiBoGus, rum and ſpruce beer, an American beverage,

CALF-$SKIN FIDDLE, a drum.

CALLE, (cant) a cloak or gown.

CAMBRIDGE OAK, a willow, |

CAMESA, (cant, Spaniſh) a ſhirt or ſhift.

CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE, a wind mill and a water mill;
a woman without any but perſonal endowments.

CAMPBELL'S ACADEMY, the hulks or lighters, on board

of which felons are condemned to hard labour. Mr.

Campbell was the firft director of them. Sce academy
and floating academy. |

CANARY BIRD, a jail bird, or perſon uſed to be kept in a
cage, alſo in the canting ſenſe, guineas.

CANDY. drunk. (Iriſb term)

CaNnDi.EsTICKs, bad, ſmall or untuneable bells. Hark!
how the candleſticks rattle,

CANK, dumb.

CAN NIKEN, a ſmall can, alſo in the canting ſenſe, the
plague.

CANTICLE, a pariſh clerk,

CANTING, preaching with a whining affected tone, per-
haps a corruption of chaunting ;
Andrew Cant, a famous Scotch preacher, who uſed that
whining manner of expreſſion, Alſo a kind of gibberiſh

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French, the ſlang, &c. &c.

CanrT, an hypocrite, a double tongued pallavering fellow.
See pallaver.

CANTERS, or the CANTING CREW, thieves, beggars and
gypſies, or any others uſing the canting lingo. See lingo.

CANTERBUZ®Y 5TORY, a long roundabout tale.

To car, (cant) i© take one's oath, I will cap downright z
I will twear home.

CAPER MERCHANT, a dancing maſter, or hop merchant z

Marchand des capriolles { French term) to cut capers, to
leap or jump in dancing. See hop merchant.

CAPON, a caltrated cock, o an eunuch.
CAPRICORNIFIED, cuckolded, hornified.

CAPTAIN, led captain, an humble dependant in a great
family, who for a precarious ſubſiſtence and diſtant hopes
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butt of every ſpecies of joke or ill humour. The ſmall
proviſion made for officers of the army and navy in time
of peace has cauſed many in both ſervices to occupy this
wretched ſtation. The idea of the appellation is taken
from a led horſe, many of which for magnificence appear
in the retinues of great perſonages, on ſolemn occaſions,
ſuch as 7 &.

CAPTAIN LIEUTENANT, meat between veal and beef;
the fleſh of an old calf, a military ſimile, drawn from the
officer of that denomination, who has only the pay of
lieutenant, with the rank of captain, and ſo is not entirely
one or the other, but between both.

CAPTAIN COPPERTHORNE'S CREW, all officers; a ſay-
ing of a company where every one ftrives to rule,

CAPTAIN HACKUM, a bluftering bully.

CAPTAIN QUEERNABS, a ſhabby ill dreſſed fellow.

CAPTAIN SHARP, a cheating bully, or one in a ſet of

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CAPTAIN TOM, the leader of a mob, alſo the mob itſelf,

11118 CAPTAIN PODD, a celebrated maſter of a puppet ſhew,

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one to fignify any of that fraternity.

CARAVAN, (cant) a large ſum of money, alſo a perſon
cheated of ſuch ſum. .

CARBUNCLE FACE, a red face, full of pimples,

To carovsE, to drink freely or deep, from the German
word expreſſing all out. |

CARRIERS, a ſet of rogues who are employed to look out,
and watch upon the roads and inns, &c. in order to carry

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CARRIER PIGEONS, ſharpers who attend the drawing of
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CARRY WITCHET, a ſort of conundrum, puzzlewit or
riddle,

CAsE, a houſe, perhaps from the Italian caſa. In the |
canting lingo it meant ſtore or warehoule, as well as dwel- | | |
ling houſe. Tout that caſe; mark or oblerve that houſe, |
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coaſt is clear let us break open the door of the houſe.

A CASE VROW, a proſtitute attached to à particular bawdy |
houſe, |

CAsH, or CAFFAN, cheeſe. (aut) See caſtan,

CASTING UP ONE'S ACCOUNTS, Vomiting,

CASTER, a cloak, (cant)

CATCH FART, a foot boy, fo called from ſuch ſervants
commonly following clote behind their maſter or miſtreſs.

CATCHING HARVEST, a dangerous time for a robbery,
when many periuns are on the road, on account of 2
horſe race, fair, or ſome other public meeting.

CATCH PENNY, any temporary contrivance to raile a
contribution on the public.

CaTca POLE, a bum bailiff, or ſheriff's officer.

CAT, a common proſtitute ; an old cat, a crols old woman.
Car, CATTING, SHOOTING THE CAT, to vomit from
drunkenneſs.

CATHEDRAL, old faſhioned, an old cathedral bedſtead,
chair, & c.

CAT LAP, tea, called alſo ſcandal broth, See ſcandal
broth.

CaT's Foor, to live under the cat's foot, to be under the
dominion of a wife, henpecked.

Car HARPING FASHION, drinking croſs ways, and not
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of whipcord, each ſtring having nine nots.

CAT IN PAN, to turn cat in pan, to change ſides or party
ſuppoled originally to have been to turn cate or cake
in pan.

Car's pA, to be made a cat's paw of, to be made a tool,
or inſtrument to accompliſh the purpoſe of another. An
alluſion to the ſtory of a monkey, who made uſe of a cat's
paw, to ſcratch a roaſted cheſnut out of the fire.

Car sricks, thin legs, compared to ſticks with which
boys play at cat. See trapſticks.

CATER COUSINS, good friends, He and I are not cater

couſins, i. e. we are not friends.

CAT MATCH, when a rook or cully 1 is engaged amongſt

bad bowlers.

CATERWAULING, going out in the night. in ſearch of
intrigues, like a cat in the gutters. |
CAT WHIPPING, or WHIPPING THE CAT, a trick often
practiſed on ignorant country fellows, vain of their
ſtrength; by laying a wager with them, that they may
be pulled through a pond by a cat; the bet being made,
a rope 1s fixed round the waiſt of the party to be catted,
and the end thrown acroſs the pond, to which the cat is
alſo faſtened by a packthread, and three or four ſturdy
fellows are appointed to lead and whip the cat, theſe on a
ſignal given, ſeize the end of the cord, and pretending to
whip the cat, haul the aſtoniſhed booby through the
water.

CATTLE, ſad cattle, whores or gypſies, (cant) black
cattle, lice,

CAvAULTING SCHOOL, a bawdy houſe,

CAUDGE PAWED, left handed.

CAULIFLOWER, a large white wig, ſuch as 1s commonly
worn by the digni"edclergy, andwas formerly by phyſicians,
Alto the private parts of a woman; the reaſon for this ap-

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to expreſs thoſe parts, made uſe of the term. cauliflower,
for which the judge on the bench, a peeviſh old fellow,
reproved her, ſaying ſhe might as well call it artichoak;
not ſo, my lord, replied ſhe, for an artichoak has a bottom,
but a **** and a cauliflower have none.

CAuTIONs, THE FOUR CAUTIONS,—l. Beware of a wo-
man before, —Il. Beware of a horſe behind. III. Be-
ware of a cart ſide wa) s.—IV. Beware of a prieſt every
way. |

Caw HANDED, Or CAW PAWED, aukward, not dexterous,
ready or nimble.

Caxon, an old weather beaten wig.

CENT PER CENT, an uſurer.

CHAFED, well beaten. |

CHALKERsS, men of wit in Ireland, who in the night a-
mu'e themſelves, with cutting inoffenſive paſſengers acroſs
the face with a knife, They are ſomewhat like thoſe fa-
cetious gentlemen, ſome time ago known in England, by
the title of ſweaters and mohocks.

CHALKING, the amuſement above deſcribed.

CHaer, dry or thirſty,

ens the ſmoke of charren, his eyes water from the
ſmoke of Charren, a man of that place coming out of his
houſe, weeping becauſe his wife had beat him, told his
' neighbours the ſmoke had made his eyes water.

CHarTER BROTH, tea, See cat lap and ſcandal broth.

CHATTER BOX, one whoſe tongue runs twelve ſcore to
the dozen ; a chattering man or woman.

CHaTTs, lice, (cant) perhaps an abreviation of chattels,

lice being the chief live ſtock or chattels of beggars, gyp⸗

ſies, and the reſt of the canting crew.

CHARM, a picklock, (cant) |
CHARACTERED, or LETTERED, burnt in the hand.
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burned him in the hand, (cant) See lettered.
CHnaATEs, the gallows, ( cant)

CHAUNTER CULLs, Grub-ftrcet writers, who compoſe

ſongs, carrols, &c. for pallad fingers, (cant)

CHEATS, ſham ſleeves to put over a dirty ſhirt or ſhift.
See ſhams.

CHEESE TOASTER, a ſword.

CHEEKS, aſk cheeks near cunnyborough, the repartec of a

St. Giles's fair one, who bids 22 aſk her backſide, anglice
her a—ſe.

CHERUBINS, peeviſh children, becauſe cherubims and
ſeraphims continually do cry.

CHERRY COLOURED CAT, a black cat, there being black
chcrries as well as red.

CHICKEN HEARTED, fearful, cowardly.

CHCKEN HAMED, perſons whole legs and thighs are bent

or arched outwards,

CHICK A BIDDY, a chicken ſo called to, and by little
children,

CHniLD, to eat a child, to partake of a treat given to the
pariſh officers, in part of commutation for a baitard child.
The common price was formerly ten pounds and a greaſy
chin. See greaſy chin.

CHniMNEY chofs, an abuſive appellation for a negrce.

Curt, a child. A chip of the old block, a child who in
perſon or ſentiments reſembles its father or mother.

Cn1es, a nick name for a carpenter. |

CHxirPING MERRY, eXhilarated with liquor; chirping
glaſs, a chearful glaſs, that makes the company chirp like
birds in ſpring.

Cn1rT, an infant or baby.

CHITTERLINS, the bowels; there is a rumpus among my
chitterlins, 1 i. e. L have the cholick.

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CHive, or CHIFE, a knife, file, or ſaw; to chive the dar-
bies, to file off the irons or fetters; to chive the boungs
of the frows, to cut off womens pockets.

CHOCOLATE, to give chocolate without ſugar, to reprove,
(military term)

Choice $PIRIT, a thoughtleſs, laughing, ſinging, drunken

fellow.

Crops, the mouth. I gave him a wherrit or a ſouſe
acroſs the chops, I gave him a blow over r the mouth. See
wherrit.

Crop AND CHANGE, to exchange backwards and forwards,
to chop in the canting ſenſe, means making diſpatch, or
hurrying over any buſineſs: ex, the autem bawler will
ſoon quit the hams, for he chops up the whiners, the parſon
will ſoon quit the pulpit, for he hurries over the prayers.
See autem bawler, hums, and whiners.

A cHoPPING. BOY, or GIRL, a luſty child.

To cnovse, to cheat or trick, he chouſed me out of it.
Chouſe is alſo a game like chuck farthing.

Cavs, he is a young chub, or a meer chub, a fooliſh fel.
low eafily impoſed on, an alluſion to a fiſh of that name
eaſily taken.

CHUBBY, round faced, plump.

CHUCKLE HEADED, ſtupid, thick headed,

CHUCK, my chuck, a term of endearment.

CHUCK FARTHING, a pariſh clerk.

CHUFFY, round faced, chubby.

A CHUM, a chamber fellow, particularly at the univerſi-
ties and in priſons,

CHUMMAGE, money paid by the richer ſort of priſoners in

the Fleet and King's Bench, to the poorer for their ſhare
of a room; when priſons are very full, which 1s too often
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chums, who for a ſtipulated price, called chummage, give
up their ſhare of the rooin, and ſleep on the ſtairs, or as
the term is, ruff it.

CHURCH WARDEN, a Suſſex name for a ſhag, or cormo-
rant, probably from their voracity.

CHURCH WORK, ſaid of any work that advances 15

CHURCH YARD COUGH, a cough that is likely to terminate
in death,

CHuRL, originally a labourer or huſbandman, figuratively
a rude furley booriſh fellow. To put a churl upon a
gentleman, to drink malt liquor immediately after having
drank wine.

CiNnDER GARBLER, a ſervant maid, from her buſineſs of
ſifting the aſhes from the cinders, (Cu/tom-houſe wit )

C1iRCUMBENDIBUS, a round about way, or ſtory. He
took ſuch a circumbendibus; he took ſuch a circuit.

Cir, a citizen of London, |

CIvILITY MONEY, a reward claimed by 22 8 for exe-
cuting their office with civility.

5 RECEPTION, a houſe of civil reception, a bawdy
houſe, or nanny houſe. See nanny houſe.

CLACK, a tongue, chiefly applied to women, a ſimile drawn
from the clack of a water mill.

CLAMMED, ſtarved,

CLAx, a famil y's tribe or brotherhood; a word much uſed
in Scotland. The head of the clan, the chief, an alluſion
to a. ſtory of a Scotchman, who when a very large louſe
crept down his arm, put him back again, ſaying he was
che head of the clan, and that if injured, all the reſt would
reſent it.

CLANK, a ſilver tankard, (cant)

CLANK NAPPER, a filver tankard ſealer, See rum bubler,

CLANKER, a great lic:

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CLAP, a venereal taint, He went out by Had'em, and
came round by Clapham home; i. e. he went out a wench-
ing, and got a clap.

CLaP ON THE SHOULDER, an arreſt for debt; whence
1 bum bailiff is called a ſhoulder clapper. |

CLAePER, the tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man
or woman. |

CLAPPER CLAW, to ſcold, to abuſe, or claw off with the
tongue.

CLAPPERDOGEON, a ws ar born, (cant)

CLARET, French red wine, figurauvely blood, I tapped
his claret ; I broke his head, and made the blood run.
Claret faced, red taced.

CLAWED OFF, ſeverely beaten or whipped ; alſo ſmartly
poxed or clapped.

CLEAR, very drunk, cant) The cull is clear, let's bite him;
the fellow is very drunk, let's cheat him. |

CLEAVE, one that wall cleave, uſed of a forward or wan-
ton woman. $2

Click, a blow, (cant) a click in the muns, a blow or knock
in the face.

CLI1CKER, a ſaleſman's ſervant.

To cLick, to ſnatch, (cant) To click a nab; to ſnatch
a hat. |

CLICKER, one who proportions out the different ſhares of
the booty among thieves.

CLincn, a pun, or quibble. ' A clincher, or to clinch the

nail; to confirm an . improbable ſtory by another: as, a

man {wore he drove a tenpenny nail through-the moon, a

by ſtander ſaid it was true, for he was on the other ſide

and clinched it,

CLickerT, copulation of foxes, and thence uſed in a cant

ing ſenſe, for that of men and women; as, the cull and

the mort are at clicket in the dyke ; the man and woman

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CLEYMEs, artificial ſores, made by beggars to excite
charity. |

CLI, to hug or embrace; to clip and cling. To clip the
coin; to diminiſh the current coin. To clip the king's
Engliſh ; to be unable to ſpeak plain through drunkenneſs,

CLINKERS, a kind of ſmall Dutch bricks; alſo irons worn
by priſoners. A crafty fellow.

CLicCKMAN TOAD, a watch. An appellation for a Weſt-
country man, ſaid to have ariſen from the following
ſtory. -A Weſt country man who had never ſeen a watch,
found one on a heath near Pool, which by the motion of
the hand, and the noiſe of the wheels, he concluded to be
a living creature of the toad kind, and from its clicking,
he named it a clickman toad.

CLoAK TWITCHERs, rogues who lurk about the entrances
into dark allies, and by lanes, to ſnatch cloaks from the
ſhoulders of paſſengers.

CLoD HOPPER, a country farmer or plough man.

CLopD POLE, a dull heavy booby.

CLop PATE, the ſame,

CLosE FISTED, covetous or ſtingy. |

CLosE, as cloſe as God's curſe to a whore's a—ſe, cloſe as
ſhirt and ſhitten 2—ſe. |

CLosn, a general name given by the mobility to Dutch

ſea men, being a corruption of Claus, the abbreviation of

Nicholas,” a natne very common among the men of that
nation, :
CLovp, tobacco. Under a cloud; in adverſity.
CLOVEN, CLEAVE, or CLEFT, a term uſed for a woman,
who paſſes for a maid, but is not one.
CLOvEN FoorT, to ſpy the cloven foot in any buſineſs ; to
diſcover ſome roguery or ſomething bad in it, A faying
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Clover, to be, or live in clover; to live luxuriouſly,

Clover is the moſt defirable food for cattle.

A cLOUT, a blow, (cant) I'll give you a clout on your
jolly nob; I'll give you a blow on the head. It alfa

means a handkercluef, Clouted ſhoon, ſhoes tipped with

iron. | |

CLoWEs, rogues.

CLoy, toſteal. (cant) To cloy the clout; to ſteal the hand«
kerchief, To cloy the lour; to ſteal money, (cant)

CLoYEs, thieves, robbers, Ke.

CLUB, a meeting, or aſſociation, where each man is to
ſpend an equal and ftated ſum, called his club,

CLUB LAW, argumentum bacculinum, 1n which an oaken
{lick is a better plea than an act of parliament.

Cuvek, to ſhew a propenſity for a man. The mort chucks ;
the wench wants to be doing. |
CLumPe, a lump, clumpiſh, lumpiſh, ſtupid.

CLuxcn, an aukward clowniſh fellow.

CLUTCHES, hands, gripe, power.

CLuTCH THE FIST, to clench or ſhut the hand. Clutch
fiſted, covetous, ſtingy. See clole fiſted.

CLUTTER, a fiir, noiſe, or racket; what a confounded
clutter here 1s.

CLY, money, (cant) alſo a pocket, He has filed the cly
he has picked a pocket.

CLyY THE JERKX, to be whipped, (cant)

CLYSTER PIPE, a nick name for an apothecary.

I To COAX, to fondle, or wheedle. To coax a pair of

ſtockings, to pull down the part ſoiled into the ſhoes, ſo
as to give a dirty pair of ſtockings the appearance of clean

ones, Coaxing is alſo uſed inſtead of daring, to hide the
holes about the ancles.

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and a crown piece a hind coach wheel, the fore wheels of
a coach being leſs than the hind ones.

Cos, a Spanifh dollar.

Cogr R, a mender of ſhoes, an improver of the under:
ſtandings of his cuſtomers. A tranflator.

CoBBLE, a kind of boat; alſo to mend, or patch, likewife
to do a thing in a bungling manner,

CoBBLE COLTER, a turkey,

Cos, or coBBING, a puniſhment uſed by the ſeamen for
petty offences, or irregularities among themſclves ;* it
conſiſts in baſtonadoing the offender on the poſteriors with
a cobbing ſtick, or pipe ſtaff; the number uſually infficted
is 2 dozen. At the firſt ſtroke. the executioner repeats Þ
the word watch, on which all perſons prefent are to take
off their hats, on pain of like puniſhment : the laſt ſtroke
is always given as hard as poſſible, and is called a purſe,
Aſhore among ſoldiers, where this puniſhment is fome-
times adopted, watch and the purſe arc not included in
the number, but given over and above, or in the vulgar
phraſe, free gratis for nothing. This piece of diſcipline,
is alſo inflicted in Ireland, by the ſchool boys, on perſons
coming into the ſchool without taking off their hats, it is
there called ſchool butter,

Cock ALLEY, or cock LANE, the private parts of a Þ,
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Cock-Aa-wHoop, elevated, in high ſpirits, tranſported 7 |
with joy. | _ |

Cock ALE, a provocative drink. F-

Cock AND A BULL STORY, a roundabout ſlory without |
head or tail, i. e. beginning or ending. |

Cock BAWD, a male keeper of a bawdy houſe. ww

Cock piu, the ſuppoſed huſband of a bawd. |

CocKkisn, wanton, forward, A cockiſh wench, a forward
coming girl.

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CockNEY, a nick name given to the citizens of London,
or perſons born within the ſound of Bow bell, derived

from the following ſtory : a citizen of London being in
the country, and hearing a horſe neigh, exclaimed, Lord!
how that horſe laughs! a by ftander telling him that
noiſe was called neighing, the next. morning when the
cock crowed, the citizen to ſhew he had not forgot what
was told him, cried out, do you hear how the cock nerghs f

The king of the Cockneys is mentioned among the re-
gulations for the ſports and ſhews, formerly held in the

Middle Temple on Childermas Day, with he had his
Officers, a marſhall, conſtable, butler, &, Sce Dug-
dale's Origines Juridiciales, p. 247.

COCK ROBIN, a oft eaſy fellow
Cock SURE, quite certain,

CocKkER, one fond of the diverſion of cockfighting.

Cock YOUR EYE, ſhut one eye, thus tranſlated into apo-
thecaries latin, gallus tuus ego.

CocKksHUT TIME, the evening when fowls go to rooſt,
Cop, a cod of money, a good ſum of money.

Cops, nick name for a curate, A rude fellow meeting a
curate, miſtook him for the rector; and accoſted him with
the vulgar appellation of, Bol—ks the rector, No, Sir,
anſwered he, only Cods the curate, at your ſervice.

CoDDERs, perſons employed by the gardeners to gather
peaſe, ;

CoDGER, an old codger, an old fellow.

Cop's HEAD, a ſtupid fellow.

Cop PIECE, the fore flap of a man's breeches. Do they
bite, maſter ; where, in the cod piece or collar? a jocular
attack on a patient angler, by watermen, &c,

Cos, to cheat with dice; to cog a die, to conceal or ſe-
cure a die; alſo the money, or whatſoever the ſweetners
drop to draw in a hubble ; alſo to coax or wheedle;z to cog
a dinner, to wheedle one out of a dinner.

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Cocvr, a dram of any ſpirituous liquor.

CoFFEE HOUSE, a neceſſary houſe, to make a coffee houſe
of a woman's ***, to go in and cut and ſpend nothing,

CoKER, a lye.

CokkEs, the fool in the play or Bartholomew fair, and
hence (perhaps) the word coxcomh.

COoLCANNON, potatoes and cabbage pounded together in a
mortar and then ſtewed with butter, an Iriſh diſh.

Corp cock, an undertaker of funerals, or carrion hunter.
See carrion hunter,

Corp BURNING, a puniſhment infli&ed by private ſoldiers
on their comrades for trifling offences, or breach of their
meſs laws; it is adminiſtered in the following manner.
The priſoner is ſet againſt the wall with the arm which is
to be burned tied as high above ig head as poſſible, the
executioner then aſcends a ſioo!, and having a bottle of
cold water, pours it flowly down the flecve of the delin-
quent, patting him and leading the water cently down his
body till it runs out of his breeches knees, this is repeated
to the other arm if he is ſentenced to be burned in both.

Cook RUFFIAN, Who road the devil in his feathers, a
bad cook, |

Cool RAE, a ſhroud.

COOLER, a woman.

Coor LADY, a female follower of the camp who ſells
brandy. |

CooL TAXKARD, wine and water, with lemon, ſugar,
and burrage.

Cool NANT2, .brandy.

CoLE, money. Poſt the cole, pay down the money,

CoLlANDER, or CORIANDER SEEDS, money.

COLLEGE, Newgate, or any other priſon ; New College,
the Royal Exchange.

CoLLEGIATEs, priſoners of the one, and ſhopkeepers of
the other of thoſe places,

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To COLLOGUE, to witcedle or coax.

COLQUARRON, a man's neck, (cant) his colquarron is juſt

about to be twiſted, he is juſt going to be hanged.

CoLT, one who lets horſes to highwaymen, (cant) alſo a
boy newly initiated into roguery ; a grand or petty jury-
man on his firſt aſſize. STE

CoLTAGE, a fine or beverage, paid by colts on their firſt
entering into their office,

CoLT BOWL, laid ſhort of the jack by a colt bowler, i, e.
a perſon raw or unexperienced in the art of bowling.

CoLT VEAL, coarſe red veal, more like the fleſh of a colt,
than that of a horſe,

Con, to comb one's head; to clapperclaw, or ſcold any
one; a woman who lectures her huſband, is ſaid to comb
his head, She combed his head with a joint ſtool ; ſhe
threw a ſtool at him. 1

Cox, to come; to lend, (cant) has he come it? has he
lent it? to come over any one; to cheat or over reach
him; coming wench; a forward wench, alſo a breeding
woman.
COMMISSION, a ſhirt, (cant)

CoMMODE, a woman's head dreſs,

CommonITY, a woman's commodity ; the private parts
of a modeſt woman, and the public parts of a proſtitute,

Commons, the houſe of commons, the neceſſary houſe.

COMFORTABLE IMPORTANCE, a Wife,

ConFEcT, counterfcited.

Cox ER, to conger, the agreement of a ſet or knot of
bookſellers of London, that whofnever of them ſhall buy
a good copy, the reft ſhall take off

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(cant) ay ing of a perion murdered for reſiſting the
robbers.

CoNnTENT, a thick liquor, in imitation of chocolate, made
of m k and gingerbread. |

ConveNnIeNnT, a miſtreſs, (cant)

ConunDRUMs, enigmatical conceits.

Cox, or TOM cox, a filly fellow.

Coor Eo vr, impriſoned, confined like a fowl in a coop.

Coquer, a jilt.

Cokix TR, a bawdy houſe, (cant)

CorinTHIANS, frequenters of brothels ; alſo an impudent
brazen faced fellow, perhaps from the corinthian braſs.

Cork BRAINED, light headed, fooliſh.

CoRNED, drunk. | |

CoRNIsH HUGG, a particular lock in wreſtling, peculiar
to the people of that country,

CoRNY FACED, a very red pimpled face.

Cox ORAL, to mount a corporal and four; to be guilty
of onaniſin ; the thumb is the corporal, the four fingers
the privates, |

CORPORATION, a large belly. He has a glorious cor-
poration; he has a very prominent belly.

CoRPORATION, the magiſtrates, &c. of a corporate town,
Corpus fine ratio. Freeman of a corporation's work ; nei-
ther ſtrong nor handſome.

CosTARD, the head. UI Il ſmite your coſtard; I'll give
you a knock of the head.

CosTARD MONGER, a dealer in fruit, particularly apples.
CossEr, a foundling. Coſſet colt, or lamb; a colt or
lamb brought up by hand.

CoTTEREL, vir James Cotterel's fallet ; hemp. (Triſh)
Sir James Cotterel was hanged for a rape.

Cor, or-qQyoT, a man who meddles with woman's houſe—
hold buſineſs, particularly in the kitchen; the puniſhment

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clout to the Kirts of his coat.

CoTswOULD LION, a ſheep. Cotſwould in Glouceſter-
ſhire, is famous for its breed of ſheep.

Cove, a man, a fellow, a rogue; (cant) the cove was bit,
the rogue was out-witted; the cove has bit the cole,
the rogue has got th. money. |

CovENT GARDEN AGUE; the venereal diſeaſe.

CovENT GARDEN ABBESS, a bawd,

CovENT GARDEN NON, a proſtitute.

Cover, a collection of whores, What a fine covey here is,
if the devil would but z/row his net.

CovenTRyY, to ſend one to Coventry, a puniſhment in-
flicted by officers of the army, on tuch of their brethren

as are teſty, or have been guilty of improper behaviour,
not worthy the cognizance of a court martial, The
perſon ſent to Coventry is confadered as abſent; no one
may ſpeak to him, or an{wer any queſtion he aſks, except
relative to duty, under penalty of being alſo ſent to the
ſame place. On a proper tubmiſſion, the penitent 1s
recalled, and welcomed by the mels, as juſt returned
from a journey to Coventry.

To couch A HOGSHEAD, to lie down to ſleep, (cant)

COUNTERFEIT CRANK, a general cheat who occationally
aſſumes all forts of characters, alſo one counterteiting the
falling ſickneſs.

CovnTRyY PUT, an ignorant country fellow.

CouRT CARD, a gay fluttering coxcomb.

CouRT HOLY WATER, fair ſpeeches and promiſes, with-

CoUuRT PROMISES, out performance,

Cow's spovskE, a bull. |

Cow's BABY, a calf.

Cow, to ſleep like a cow, i. e. with a **** at one's a—ſe,

ſaid of a married man; married men being ſuppoſed to

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ſleep with their backs towards their wives, according to
the following proclamation :

All you that in your beds do lie,

Turn to your wives and occupy,
And when that you have done your bit,
Turn a—ſe to a—ſe, and take your reſt.

Cow HEARTED, fearful.
Cow HANDED, aukward.

Cow's THUMB, done to a cow's thumb, done exactly.

CRAB LOVUSE, a ſpecies of louſe: peculiar to the human

body ; the male 1s denominated a cock, the female a hen.

CRAB, to catch a crab, to fall backwards by miſſing one's
ſtroke in rowing.

CRAB LANTHORN, a peeviſh fellow.

CRAB SHELLS, ſhoes, (1rifh)

CRABBED, ſour, ill tempered, difficult.

Crack, a whore; crackiſh, whoriſhz to crack, to
boaſt or brag ; alſo to break; I cracked his napper, I
broke his head.

CRACKER, cruſt, fea biſket, or ammunition loaf, alſo the
backſide. Farting-crackers, breeches. |

CRACKMANS, hedges. The cull thought to have loped,
by breaking through the crackmans, but we fetched him
back by a nope on the coſtard, which ſtopped his jaw;
the man thought to have eſcaped by breaking through

the hedge, but we brought him back by a great blow on |

the head, which laid him ſpeechleſs.

RA, the neck.

CRAMP RINGS, bolts, ſhackles, or fetters, (cant)

CRAMP WORDS, ſentence of death pailed on a criminal,
by a judge; (cant) he has juſt undergone the cramp word,
ſentence has juſt been paſled on him.

CRANK, gin and water, alſo briſk, pert,

CRAP, or CROP, Money,

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To CRASH, (cant) to kill. Craſh that cull ; kill that
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CRASHING CHEATS, teeth,

CRAW THUMPER, a Roman catholic, ſo called from their
beating their breaſts in the confeſſion of their fins. See
briſket beater, and breaſt fleet.

CREAM POT LOVE, ſuch as young fellows pretend to dairy

maids, to get cream and other good things from them.

To REER, (cant) to flip or ſlide any thing into the
hands of another, |

CRE, a knot or gang, alſo a boat or ſhip's company. The
canting crew are thus divided into twenty-three orders,
which ſee under the different words:

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1 Demanders for glim- 5 Walking morts,
mer or hire, 6 Doxaies,

2 Bawdy baſkets, 7 Delles,

3 Morts, 8 Kinching morts

4 Autem morts, 9 Kinching coes.

To cz1B, to purloin, or appropriate to one's own uſe, part

of any thing intruſted to one's care.

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CxIBBEYS, Or CRIBRBY ISLANDS, blind a'lies., courts, or

bye ways; perhaps from the houjes built there being
cribbed out of the common way or paſſage; and iflands,
from the fimilarity of ſound to the Caribbee Iflands.

CRM. CON, MONEY, damages directed by a jury to be

paid by a convicted adulterer, to the injured huſband, for
criminal converſation with his wife. |

Crimp, a broker or factor; as a coal crimp, who difpoſes
of the cargoes of the Newcaſtle coal ſhips ; alſo perſons
employed to trapan or kidnap recruits for the Eaſt Indian
and African companies, To crimp or play crimp ; to
play foul or booty; alſo a cruel manner of cutting up fith
alive, practiſed by the London fiſhmongers, in order to
make it eat firm, cod and other crimped fiſh being a fa-
vourite diſh among voluptuaries and epicures.

CxinKumMs, the foul or venereal difeaſe.

CRIPPLE, fix pence, that piece being commonly much
bent and diſtorted. |

CR15PIN, a ſhoe maker, from a romance, wherein a prince
of that name is ſaid to have exerciſed the art and my-
ſtery of a ſhoe maker, thence called the gentle craft; or
rather from the ſaints Criſpinus and Criſpianus, who, ac-
cording to the legend, were brethren born at Rome, from
whence they travelled to Soiſſoas in France, about the
year 303, to propagate the Chriſtian re 1gion, but becauſe
they would not be chargeable to others for their main-

tenance, they exerciſed the trade of ſhoe makers; the go- . |

vernor of the town diſcovering them to be Chriſtians, or-
dercd them to he beheaded about the year 303, from

which time they have been the tutelar ſaints of the ſhoe.

makers.

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ST. CRISPIN's LANCE, an awl.

CxoOk BACK, fix-pence, For the reaſon of this name
ſce cripple. |

CAOAKUMSHIRE, Northumberland, from the particular
croaking in the pronunciation of the people of that
county, eſpecially about Newcaftle and Morpeth, where
they are faid to be born with a burr in their throats,
which prevents their pronouncing the letter R.

CaocKkeERs, foreſtallers, called alſo kidders and tranters.

Crocus, or CROCUs METALLORUM, a nick name for the
ſurgeons of the army and navy.

CROKER, a groaf, or four pence,

Caoxv, an intimate companion, a camarade, alſo a con-
federate in a robbery.

CRop, money. See crap, (cant)

CROP THE CONJUROR, jeering appellation of one with

{ſhort hair.

CRors tek, ſickneſs in the ſtomach, ariſing from drun-
kenneſs. |

CRoPPEN, the tail. (cant) The croppen of the rotan ; the
tail of the cart. Croppen ken; the neceſſary houle.

CRaoss BITE, one who combines with a {harper to draw in
a friend, (cant) alſo to counteract, or diſappoint.

CRoss PATCH, a peeviſh boy or girl.

CRross, to come home by weeping croſs; to repent at
the concluſion,

To crow, to brag, boaſt, or triumph. To crow over any
one; to keep him in ſubjection, image drawn from a

cock, who crows over a vanquiſhed enemy. To pluck a

crow ; to reprove any one for a fault committed, to ſettle
2 diſpute. To ſtrut like a crow in a gutter; to walk
proudly, or with an air of conſequence,

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CrowDy, oatmeal and water, or milk, a meſs much eaten
in the north, |

Crowe FAIR, a viſitation of the clergy, See review of

the black cuiraſſers.

CROWN OFFICE, the head,

CruisERs, beggars, or highway ſpies, who averſe the
road, to give intelligence of a booty: alſo rogues ready
to ſnap up any booty that may offer, like privateers or
pirates on a cruiſe.
gun, one who helps ſolicitors to affidavit men, or falſe
witneiles, I with you had, Mrs. Crump, a Glouceſter-
ſhire 1aying, in anſwer to a wiſh for any thing; implying
you muſt not expect any aſſiſtance from the ſpeaker. It
is ſaid to have originated from the following incident:
One Mrs. Crump, che wife of a ſubſtantial farmer, dining
with the old Lady Coventry, who was extremely deaf;
ſaid to one of the footmen, waiting at table, I wiſh I had
a draught of ſmall beer, her modeſty not permitting her
to defire fo fine a gentleman to bring it; the fellow con-
ſcious that his miſtreſs could not hear either the requeſtz
or anſwer, replied without moving, I wiſh you had, Mrs.
Crump : theſe wiſhes being again repeated by-both par-
- ties, Mrs. Crump got up from the table to fetch it herſelf,
and being aſked by my Lady where ſhe was going, related
what had paſſed : the ſtory being told abroad, the expreſ-

fon became proverbial, |

CRrUMP BACKED, bump backed.

CRUSTY BEAU, one that uſes paint and coſmetics, to ob-
tain a fine complexion, | |
CRUSTY FELLOW, a ſurly fellow.

Cvus, an unlicked cub; an unformcd, ill educated young
man, a young nobleman, or gentleman on his travels; an
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into form, by licking; alſo a new gameſter.

CucuMBERs, taylors who are jocularly ſaid to ſubſiſt dur»
ing the ſummer, chiefly on cucumbers, |

Cuckorp, the huſband of an incontinent wife. Cuckolds
are however chriſtians, as we learn by the following ſtory,
An old woman hearing a man call his dog, cuckold, re-
proved him ſharply, ſaving, firrah, are not you aſhamed
to call a dog by a chriſtian's name. |

Corr, an old cuff; an old man. To cuff Jonas, ſaid of
one who is knock kneed, or who beats his fides to keep
himſelf warm in froſty weather; called alſo beating the
booby, |

CUuFFIN, a man.

Cv1.1, a man, honeſt or otherways; (cant) A
good natured quiet feliow.

CULLY, a fop or fool, alto a dupe to women,

CULLABILITY, a diſpoſition liablefto be cheated, an un-
ſuſpecting nature, open to 1mpoſi.ion,

CULP, a kick or a blow.

Cox Dux, the dried gut of a ſheep, worn by men in the
act of coition, to prevent venereal infection, laid to have
been invented by one Colonel Cundum. Thete machines
were long prepared, and ſold by a matron of the name of

cull, a

Philips, at the green caniſter in Half-moon-{treet, in the ;
Strand, That good lady having acquired a fortune,
retired from buſineſs; but learning that the town was
not well ſerved by her ſucceſſors, out of a patriotick zeal
for the public welfare, returned to her occupation, of

which ſhe gave notice, by diverſe hand bills, in circula-
tion in the year 1776.

CunnNy THUMB'D, to double one's fiſt with the thumb
inwards, like a woman,

CunnixNG SHAVER, a ſharp fellow, one that trims cloſe,

i. e. cheats ingenioully,

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other perſon, for the ſake of a meal.

Mr. CUnNINGHAM, a punning appellation for a ſimple
fellow. |

Cop $sHoOT, drunk.

Cue or THE CREATURE, a cup of good liquor.

Cvy1D, BLinD Cupip, a jeering name for an ugly blind
man: Cupid the god of love being frequently painted
blind.

CurBiNG LAw, to hook goods cut of ns (cant)
the curber is the thief, the curb the hock.

CuR, a cut or curtailed dog. According to the forreſt
laws, a man who had no right to the privilege of the
chace, was obliged to cut or law his dog ; among other
modes of diſabling him from diſturbing the game, one
was by depriving him of his tail, a dog ſo cut was called
a cut or curtailed dog, and by contraction a cur, A cur
is figuratively uſed to ſignify a ſurly fellow.

CurLE, clippings of money, which curls up in the

operation. (cant )

CuRRy, to curry favour, to obtain the favour of a perſon
by coaxing, or ſervility; to curry any one's hide, to
beat him.

CUuRsE or SCOTLAND, the nine of diamonds. Diamonds,
it is ſaid, imply royalty, being ornaments to the imperial
crown, and every ninth king of Scotland, has been ob-
ſerved for many ages, to be a tyrant and a curſe to that
country.

CuRs1ToRs, broken pettyfogging attornies, or Newgate
ſollicitors. (cant)

CurTAILs, thieves who cut off pieces of ſtuff hanging out
of ſhop windows, the tails of women's gowns, &c. alſo
thieves wearing thort jackets,

CURTAIN LECTURE, a woman who ſcolds her huſband
when in bed, is ſaid to read him a curtain lecture.

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ſome, from the French term coeur mechant.

CURTEZAN, a proſtitute,
Cus1410N, he has deſerved the cuſhion, a ſaying of one

- whoſe wife is brought to bed of a boy, implying that

having done his buſineſs effectually, he may now indulge
or repoſe himſelf.

Cor, drunk; a little cut over the head, ſlightly intoxi-

cated; to cut, to leave a perſon or company; to cut

up well, to die rich,
To cuT BENE, to ſpeak gently, (cant) To cut bene
whiddes, to give good words; to cut queer whiddes, to

give foul language,

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AB, an adept; a dab at any feat or exerciſe ; dab,
quoth Dawkins, when he hit his wife on the a—ſe
with a pound of butter.

Dace, two pence; (cant) tip me a dace, lend me two-

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DavvLEs, hands; (cant) tip us your daddle, give me
your hand,

Daisy CUTTER, a jockey term for a horſe, that does not
lift up his legs ſufficiently, or goes too near the ground,
and is therefore apt to ſtumble.

DAISY KICKER, hoſtlers at great inns,

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Darmanoy, 2 Dalmahoy wig, a particular kind of buſhy

bob wig, firſt worn by a chymiſt of that name, and after.
wards adopted by tradeſmen, apothecaries, &c.

DaMBER, a raſcal, See dimber.

DAMME Boy, a roaring, mad bluftering fellow, a ſcourer
of the ſtreets, or kicker up of a breeze,

Dam, a ſmall Indian coin, mentioned in the Gentoo code
of laws, hence etymologiſts may, if they pleaſe, derive
the common expreſſion, IJ do not care a dam, i. e. I do not
care half a farthing for it.

DaurR, a luncheon, or ſnap before dinner, ſo called

from its damping, or allaying the appetite; eating and
drinking being, as the proverb wilely obſerves, apt to take
away the appetite,

DaxcEss, ſtairs,

Danvy PRAT, an infignificant, or trifling fellow.

Dandy GREY RUSSET, a dirty brown.

DaxGLE, to dangle, to follow a woman without aſking
the queſtion, |

DanGLER, one who follows women in general, without
any particular attachment, alſo to be hanged ; I ſhall fee

you dangle in the ſheriff's picture frame, I ſhall fee you.

hanging on the gallows,

DAPPER FELLOW, a ſmart well made little man.

Darsy, ready money, (cant) |

DarBtes, fetters, (cant)

DaRKMaANs, the night, (cant)

DarKMAN's BUDGE, one that ſlides into a houſe in the
dark of the evening, and hides himſelf, in order to let
ſome of the gang 1n at night to rob it.

DARK cUuLLyY, a married man that keeps a miſtreſs,

whom he viſits only at night, for fear of diſcovery,
DasH, a tavern drawer; to cut a daſh, to make a figure.

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Davip Joxzs's LOCKER, the ſea, .

Dawz, to dawb, to bribe ; the cull was ſcragged becauſe
he could not dawb, the rogue was hanged becauſe he.
could not bribe ; all bedawbed with lace, all over lace.

Davy, Pl _ my davy of it, vulgar abbreviation of
affidavit.

Dayip's sow, as drunk as David's ſow, a common ſay-
ing, which took its rife from the following circumſtance :
one David Lloyd, a Welchman, who kept an alehouſe at
Hereford, had a living ſow with fix legs, which was
greatly reſorted to by the curious; he had alſo a wife much

addicted to drunkenneſs, for which he uſed ſometimes to

give her due correction. One day David's wife having
taken a cup too much, and being fearful of the conſe-
quences, turned out the ſow, and laid down to ſleep her-

{elf ſober, in the ſtye. A company coming in to ſee the

ſow, David uſhered them into the ſtye, exclaiming there
is a ſow for you! did any of you ever ſee ſuch another?
all the while ſuppoſing the ſow had really been there; to
which ſome of the company, ſeeing the ſtate the woman
was in, replied it was the drunkeneſt ſow they had ever
beheld; whence the woman was ever after called David's
ſow.
Day Lions, eyes, to darken one's day lights, or ſow
up his ſees, to cloſe up a man's eyes in boxing.

DEAD MEN, a cant word among journeymen bakers, for

loaves falſely charged to their maſter's cuſtomers z alſo
empty bottles.

DEADLY, never green, that bated fruit all the year round,

the gallows, or three legged mare. See three legged mare.
Dean CARGO, a term uſed by thieves, when they are diſ-
appointed in the value of their booty.

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bob wig, firſt worn by a chymiſt of that name, and after.
wards adopted by tradeſmen, apothecaries, &c.

DamMBER, a raſcal, See dimber,

Daun Boy, a roaring, mad bluſtering fellow, a ou
of the ſtreets, or kicker up of a breeze,

Dam, a ſmall Indian coin, mentioned in the Gentoo code

of laws, hence etymologiſts may, if they pleaſe, derive
the common expreſſion, I do not care a dam, i, e. I do not
care half a farthing for it.
Dames, a luncheon, or ſnap before dinner, ſo called
from its damping, or allaying the appetite; eating and

drinking being, as the proverb wilely obſerves, py to take

away the appetite,

DanxcEess, ſtairs,

DanvDy PRAT, an infignificant, or trifling fellow.

DANDY GREY RUSSET, a dirty brown.

DaxGLE, to dangle, to follow a woman without aſking
the queſtion,

DanGLER, one who follows women in general, without
any particular attachment, alſo to be ee 1 ſhall ſee
you dangle in the ſheriff's picture frame, I ſhall fee you
3 on the gallows.

DAPPER FELLOW, a ſmart well made little man.

DarBy, ready money, (cant)

DARBIESs, fetters, (cant)

DARK MANs, the night, (cant) |

DaRRKNMAN's BUDGE, one that ſlides into a houſe in the
dark of the evening, and hides himſelf, in order to let
ſome of the gang in at nignt to rob it.

Dark CULLY, a married man that keeps a miſtreſs,

whom he viſits only at night, for fear of diſcovery.
Dasn, a tavern-drawer ; to cut a daſh, to make a figure.
Davip Jonxs, the dern, the ſpirit af the ſea, called
Neken

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Neken in the north countries, ſuch as Norway, Denmark
and Sweeden.

Davip Joxzs's LOCKER, the ſea,

Dawz, to dawb, to bribe; the cull was ſcragged becauſe
he could not dawb, the rogue was hanged becauſe he
could not bribe; all bedawbed with lace, all over lace.

Davy, I'll take my davy of it, vulgar abbreviation of
affidavit.

Davip's sow, as drunk as David's ſow, a common ſay-
ing, which took its riſe from the following circumſtance :
one David Lloyd, a Welchman, who kept an alchouſe at
Hereford, had a living ſow with fix legs, which was
greatly reſorted to by the curious; he had alſo a wife much
addicted to drunkenneſs, for which he uſed ſometimes to
give her due correction. One day David's wife having
taken a cup too much, and being fearful of the conſe-
quences, turned out the ſow, and laid down to ſleep her-
{elf ſober, in the ſtye. A company coming in to ſee the
ſow, David uſhered them into the ſtye, exclaiming there
is a ſow for you! did any of you ever ſee ſuch another?
all the while ſuppoſing the ſow had really been there; to
which ſome of the company, ſeeing the ſtate the woman
was in, replied it was the drunkeneft ſow they had ever
beheld ; whence the woman was ever after called David's
ſow. :

Day Lions, eyes, to darken one's day lights, or ſow
up his ſees, to cloſe up a man's eyes in boxing.

DEAD MEN, a cant word among journeymen bakers, for
loaves falſely charged to their maſter's cuſtomers ; alſo
empty bottles.

DEADLY, never green, that bears fruit all the year round,

the gallows, or three legged mare. See three legged mare.
Dear carco, a term uſed by thieves, when they are diſ-

appointed in the value of their booty,
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DEAD HnoR5E, to work for the dead horſe, to work for
wages already paid.

Dear Jors, Iriſh men, from their frequently making uſe
of that expreſſion,

DEATH HUNTER, an undertaker, one who furniſhes the
neceſſary articles for funerals. See carrion hunter.

DEAaTH's HEAD UPON A Mor STICK, a poor miſerable
emaciated fellow, one quite an otomy. See .

DEcvs, a crown piece.

DEeFrT FELLOw, a neat little man.

DEGEN, or DAGEN, a ſword; (cant) nim the degen, ſeal.

the ſword. Dagen is Dutch for a ſword,

DELLs, young buxom wenches, ripe and prone to venery,
but who have not loft their virginity, which the upright
man claims by virtue of his prerogative, after which they
become free for any of the fraternity, (cart) alſo a com-
mon ſtrumpet.

DEM REP, abbreviation of demy reputation, a woman of
doubtful eee

DERi1cK, the name of the finiſher of the law, or hangman,
about the year 1608. For he rides his circuit with the
devil, and Derrick muſt be his hoſt, and Tiburne the inne
at which he will lighte. Vide Bell man of London in art.
of prigging law. At the gallows, where I leave them, as

to the haven at which they muſt all caſt anchor, if Der-

rick's cables do but hold, Ibid.

DEvir, a printer's errand boy, alſo a ſmall thread in the
king's ropes and cables, whereby they may be diſtin-
guiſhed from all others. The devil himſelf, a ſmall ſtreak
of blue thread in the king's fails, The devil may dance
in his pocket, i. e. he has no money; the croſs on our
ancient coins being jocularly ſuppoled to prevent him
from viſiting that place, for fear, as it is ſaid, of breaking
his ſhins againſt it; to hold a candle to the devil, to be
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old woman, who ſet a wax taper before the image of St.

Michael, and another before the devil, whom that ſaint is
commonly repreſented trampling under his feet; being
reproved for paying ſuch honor to Satan, ſhe anſwered, as
it was uncertain which ſhe ſhould go to, heaven or hell,
ſhe choſe to ſecure a friend in both places.

DEviL cArchER, or DEVIL DRIVER, a parſon. See

ſnub devil.
DEVIL DRAWER, a miſerable painter,
DEvIL's, DAUGHTER'S PORTION,

Deal, Dover and Harwich,

The devil gave with his daughter in marriage;
And by a codicil to his will,

He added Helvoet and the Brill,

A ſaying occaſioned by the ſhameful impoſitions, prac-
tiſed by the inhabitants of thoſe places, on ſailors and
travellers,

DEvir's Books, cards.

Devir's GUTSs, a ſurveyor's chain, ſo called by farmers,
who do not like their land ſhould be meaſured by their
landlords,

DrusEA VILLE, the country, (cant)

DEusEA VILLE STAMPERS, country carriers, (cant)

Dew BEATERs, feet, (cant)

Drws wins, or DEUX WINs, two-pence, (cant)

DEwiTTED, torn to pieces by a mob, as that great ſtateſ-

man John de Wit was in Holland, anno 1672.

DivpDLE, gin. |

Diek, the names of falſe dice:

A bale of hard cinque deuces,
A bale of flat cinque deuces,
A bale of flat ſice aces,

A bale of bard cater traes,

A bale of flat cater traces,

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A bale of fullhams,

A bale of light graniers,

A bale of langrets contrary to the ventage,

A bale of gordes, with as many highinen as lowmen,
for paſſage.

A bale of demies,

A bale of long dice for even and odd,

A bale of briſtles,

A bale of direct contraries.

Dirpo, an implement reſembling the virile member, for
which it is ſaid to be ſubſtituted, by nuns, boarding ſchoo!
miſſes, and others obliged to celibacy, or fearful of
pregnancy, Dildoes are made of wax, horn, leather, and
diverſe other ſubſtances, and if fame does not lie more
than uſually, are to be had at many of our great toy ſhops
and nick nackatories.

D1LLY, an abbreviation of the word diligence, a public
voiture or ſtage, commonly a poſt chaiſe, carrying three
perſons ; the name 1s taken from the public ſtage vehi-
cles, in France and Flanders. The Dillies firſt began to

run in England, about the year 1779.

Di1MBER, pretty; (cant) a dimber cove, a pretty fellow;

dimber mort, a pretty wench.

DI1iMBER DAMBER, a top man, or prince among the

canting crew, alſo the chief rogue of the gang, or the
compleateſt cheat, (cant)

DixG, to knock down, (cant) to ding it in one's ears, to
reproach or tell one ſomething one is not defirous of
hearing,

Dix Boy, a rogue, a hector, bully, or ſharper, (cant)

Dix DoNG, peer Kelter, in a haſty diſorderly manner.

Dix CEN ile a mulatto, or any one who has, as
the Weſt Indian term is, a lick of the tar bruſh, chat is,
ſome negroe blood in them.

DieeExs, anabaptiſts.

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Dir, to dip for a wig, Formerly in Middle Row, Hol-

born, wigs of qifferent ſorts were (it is ſaid) put into a
cloſe ſtool box, into which for three-pence any one might
dip, or thruſt in 5 hand, and take out the firſt wig he
laid hold of; if he was diſatisficd with his prize, he
might on pay ing three halfpence, return it, and dip again.

Dir, pawned or mortgaged,

DiRTY PUZZLE, a naſty flat,

Dis6visED, drunk.

D1is6RUNTLED, offended, diſobliged.

DisMAL DITTY, the pſalm ſung by the felons at the
gallows, juſt before they are turned off,

Disnc LOUT, a dirty greatly woman; he has made a nap-
kin of his diſhclout, a ſaying of one who has married his
cook maid ; to pin a diſhelout to a man's tail, a puniſh-
ment often threatened by the female ſervants in a kitchen,
to a man who * too minutely into the ſecrets of that
place.

DisPATCHES, a mittimus, or juſtice of the peace's warrant,
for the commitment of a rogue,

DiveR, a pick pocket, alto one who lives in a cellar,

Dive, to dive, to pick a pocket; to dive for a dinner, to
go down into a cellar to dinner. A dive, is a thief who
ſtands ready to receive goods thrown out to him, by a
little boy put in at a window, (cant }

DNivipe, to divide the houſe with one's wife, to give her
the outſide, and to Keep all the inſide to one's ſelf, 1, e. to
turn her into the ſtreet.

Do ovER, do any one over, to rob or cheat him; I have
done him over, { have robbed him.

DoMixE Do LITTLE, an impotent old fellow,

Doasn, a cloak, (cant )

Dock, to lie with a woman; the cull dockt the dell all the
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darkman's, the fellow lay with the wench all night.
Docked ſmack ſmooth, one who has ſuffered an amputa-
tion of his penis, from a venereal complaint. He muſt go
into dock, a ſea phraſe, ſignifying that the perſon tpoken
of, muſt undergo a ſalivation. Docking ts alto a ponith-
ment inflicted by ſailors, on the proſtitutes who have
infected them with the venereal diſeaie, it conſiſts in cut-
ting off all their clothes, petticoats, ſhift and all, cloſe to
their ſtays, and then turning them into the ftreet,

DocToR, milk and water, with a little rum, and ſome
nutmeg : allo the name of a compoſition uſed. by diſtillers,
to make ſpirits appear ſtronger than they really are, or in
their phraſe, better proof, |

Docrtors, loaded dice, that will run but two or three
chances; they put the doctors upon him, they cheated him
with loaded dice, | |

Doc LATIN, barbarous latin, ſuch as was formerly uſed
by the lawyers in their pleadings,

Doc's PORTION, a lick and a ſmell; he comes in for
only a dog's portion, ſaying of one who is a diſtant
admirer, or dangler after women, Sce dangler,

Doczss, dog's wife, or lady, a puppy's mama, jocular
ways of calling a woman a bitch,

Dos, an old dog at it, expert or accuſtomed to any thing ;
dog in a manger, one who would prevent another from
enjoying, what he himſelf does not want, an alluſion to
the well known fahle. The dogs have not dined, a com-
mon ſaying to any one whole ſhirt hangs ont behind; to
dog, or dodge, to follow at a diſtance,

Doc's sour, rain water,

DoGcGcED, ſurly.

Dor, Bartholomew doll, a tawdry over dreſt woman, like

one of the children's dolls fold at Bartholemew Fair; to

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mill doll, to beat hemp at bridewell, or any other houſe
of correction.

DoLLY, a Yorkſhire dolly, a contrivance ſor waſhing by
means of a kind of wheel fixed in a tub, which being
turned about, agitates and cleanſes the linen put into it,
with ſoap un water. :

DoMMERER, a beggar, pretending that his tongue has
been cut out by the Algerines, or cruel, and blood thirſty
Turks, or elfe that he was born deaf and dumb, (cant)

DoxE vp, ruined by gaming, and extravagances, (madern
term ö

DowKEY, donkey dick, a he, or jack aſs, called donkey,
perhaps from the Spaniſh, or don like gravity of that
animal, entitled alſo the king of Spain's trumpeter.

DooDLE, a filly fellow, or noodle, See noodle. Alſo a
child's penis; doodle doo, or cock a doodle doo, childiſn
appellation for a cock, from its note when crowing.

Dorey, a beggar's trull, |

Dos, burglary, (cant) He was caſt for felon and doſe, he
was found guilty of felony and burglary.

Dor AND GO ONE, to waddle, generally applied to per-
ſons who have one leg ſhorter than the other, and who
as the fea phraſe is, go upon an uneven keel,

DoucLAs, Roby Douglas, with one eye and a ſtinking
breath, the breech, (/ea wrt)

DovsE oN THE CHops, a blow in the face.

Down 11LLs, dice that run low,

Dox1rs, ſhe beggars, wenches, whores.

Dowpy, a coarſe vulgar looking woman.

Dowpy1nG, a local joke formerly practiſed at Saliſbury,

on large companies, or perſons boaſting of their courage?

It was performed by one Pearce, who had the knack of

perſonating madneſs, and who by the direction of ſome

of the company, would burſt into a a room, in a moſt
kurious manner, as if juſt hroke looſe from his keeper, to,
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the great terror of thoſe not in the ſecret, Dowdying
became ſo much the faſhion of the place, that it was
exhibited before his Royal Highneſs the Prince of Wales,
father of our preſent ſovereign, Pearce obtained the
name of Dowdy, from a ſong he uſed to ſing, which had
for burthen the words dow de dow.

Dx as, a naſty ſluttiſh whore.

DR as, to go on the drag, (cant) to follow a cart or wag-
gon in order to rob it,

Dram, a glaſs or ſmall meaſure of any ſpiritous liquor,
which being originally ſold by apothecaries, were eſtimated
by drams, ounces, &c. Dog's dram, to ſpit in his movth,
and clap his back,

DRAM-A-TICK, a dram ſerved upon credit.

DRAPER, an ale draper, an alchouſe kceper.

DRAWERS, ſtockings, (cant)

Draw LATCHES, robbers of houſes, whoſe doors are only
faſtened with latches, (cant )

DRAHT, or bill on the pump at Aldgate, a bad, or falls
bill of Exchange.

DR1PPER, a gleet.

To DrEss, to beat; I'll dreſs his hide neatly, I'll beat him
ſoundly,

DROMEDARY, a heavy bungling thief or rogue ; a purple
dromedary, a bungler in the art and myſtery of thieviog,
(cant) |

DReoMMERARS, Sce domerars.

DRroye A cos, to let fall (with deſign) a piece of gold or
filver, in order to draw in and cheat the perſon who . ſees
it picked up; the piece ſo dropt is called a dropt cog.

DROP IN THE Ex E, almoſt drunk.

To DRus, to beat any one with a ſtick, or ropes end, per-
haps a contraction of dry rub; it is alſo uſed to ſignify a
good beating with any inſtrument.

DRUMMER, a jockey term for a horfe, that throws about
his fore legs irregularly, the idea 1s taken from a kettle
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qrummer, who in beating makes many flouriſhes with his
drum ſticks.

DRUMRELO, a dull heayy fellow.

DzauRY LANE VESTAL, a woman of the town, or proſ-
titute. Drury-lane and its environs, was formerly the
reſidence of many of thoſe ladies.

DRURY LANE AGUE, the venereal diſorder.

DR BOB, a ſmart repartee, alſo copulation without emiſ-
ſion, in law latin ficcus robertulus.

DRY BOOTS, a ſly humorous fellow.

Dus, a picklock key, (cant)

DuB THE GIGGER, open the door, (cant)

DUBBER, a picker of locks, (cant)

Dock, two-pence,

Duck, a lame duck, an Exchange-alley phraſe for a ſtock
jobber, who either cannot, or will not pay his loſſes, or
differences, in which caſe he is ſaid, to waddle out of the
alley, as he cannot appear there again, till his debts are
ſettled and paid; ſhould he attempt it, he would be
huſtled out by the fraternity.

Dock F-CK=R, the man who has the care of the poultry
on board a ſhip of war,

Dock LEGs, ſhort legs.

Dvps, clothes.

DuDDERING RAKE, a thundering rake, a buck of the

firſt head, one n lewd.

DUDGEON, anger.

Durrtrs, cheats who ply in different parts of the town,
particularly about Water-lane, oppoſite St. Clement's
Church in the Strand, and pretend to deal in ſmuggled
goods, ſtopping all country people, or ſuch as they think
they can impoſe on, which they frequently do, by ſelling
them Spital-fields goods at double their current price,
DUKE OF LIMBS, a tall aukward ill made fellow.
DuKE, or Run DUKE, a queer unaccountable fellow.

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Duxe HyMPHREY, to dine with Duke Humphrey, to
fait, Humphrey, Duke of Glouceſter, ſurnamed the
good, was famous for his voluntary mortifications, par-
ticularly frequent faſting. |

DvuLL $wiFT, a ſtupid ſluggiſh fellow, one long going on
an errand.

DUMB ARM, a lame arm.

DumB GLUTTON, a woman's privities,

Dun FOUNDED, filenced, allo ſoundly beaten.

Dou WATCH, a venereal bubo in the groin.

Dumps, down in the dumps, low ſpirited, melancholly,

DuMPLIN, a ſhort thick man or woman; Norfolk dump-
lin, a jeering appellation of a Norfolk man, dumplins
being a favourite kind of food in that country.

Dur, an importunate creditor ; dunny in the provincial
dialect of ſeveral countries, ſignifies deaf; to dun, then
perhaps may mean to deafen with importunate demands,
Some derive it from the word donnez, which ſignifies give,
but the true original meaning of the word, owes its birth
to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln,
ſo extremely active, and fo dexterous in his buſineſs, that
it became a proverb, when a man refuſed to pay, why
do not you Dun him, that is, why do not you ſet Dun to
arici him; hence it became a cant word, and is now as
old, as ſince the days of Henry VII. Dun was allo the
general name for the hangman, before that of jack ketch,

And preſently a halter got,

Made of the beſt firong hempen teer,

And &er a cat could Ii her ear,

Had tied it up with as much art,

As DUN himſelf could do for's heart.

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Dux Ak ER, a ſtealer of cows and calves.

DvuNGHILL, a coward, a cockpit phraſe, all but game
cocks

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or ſhew any ſigns of contrition at the gallows; moving
dunghill, a dirty filthy man or woman; dung, an abbre-

viation of dunghill, alſo means a journeyman taylor who

ſubmits to the law for regulating journeymen taylors
wages, therefore deemed by the flints, a coward. See
flints.

Due, to open a door. See dub.

DuRGEN, a little trifling fellow.

Duos, money; down with your duſt, depoſit the money;

to raiſe, or kick up a duſt, to make a diſturbance, or riot.
See breeze. Duſt it away, drink about.

Dusr MAN, a dead man; your father is a duſtman,

Durch RECKONING, or ALLE-MAL, a verbal, or lump
account without particulars, as brought at ſpunging, or
bawdy houſes.

Durch coNnCERT, where every one plays, or fings a dif-
ferent tune, |

DuTcH FEAST, where the entertainer gets drunk before
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DuTcHEss, a woman enjoyed with her pattens on, or by
a man in boots, is ſaid to be made a dutcheſs.

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ARNEST, a depoſit in part of payment, to bind a
bargain.

EAs v, make the cull eaſy, or quiet, gags, or kill him.

EASY VIRTUZR, a lady of eaſy virtue, an impure, or ptoſ-
titute,

Ear, to cat like a beggar man, and wag his under jaw, 2
jocular reproach to a proud man; to eat one's words, to
retract what one has ſaid,

EnGE, to edge, to ſtimulate, or provoke, or as it is vulgarly
called, to egg a man on; fall back, fall edge, i. e. let
what will happen. Some derive to egg on, from the Latin
word, age, age. |

ELBOW GREASE, labour, elbow greaſe will make an oak
table ſhine. |

ELBow SHAKER, a gameſter, one who rattles Sir Hugh's
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ELF, a fairy, or hobgoblin, a little man or woman,

ENGLISH BURGUNDY, porter.

Equipe, rich, alſo having new clothes ; well eguipt, full
of money, or well dreſſed; the cull equiped me with a
brace of meggs, the gentleman furniſhed me with a
couple of guineas.

ER1FFs, rogues juſt initiated, and begining to practice.

EssEX LION, a calf, Eſſex being famous for calves, and
chiefly ſupplying the London markets.

EssEX sTILE, a ditch, great part of Eſſex is low marſhy
ground, in which there are more ditches than ſtiles.

Evans, Mrs. Evans, a name frequently given to a ſhe

cat, Owing, as it is {aid, to a witch of the name of Evans,
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EyvEs DROPPER, one that lurks about to rob hen rooſts,
alſo a liſtener at doors and windows, to hear private
converſation,

EwE, a white ewe, a beautiful women ; an old ewe dreſt
lamb faſhion, an old woman, dreſt like a young girl.

EXECUTION - DAY, Waſhing day.

EXPENDED, killed, (% phraſe) alluding to the gunners
accounts, wherein the articles conſumed are charged under
the title of expended,

ExESs AND LIMBs, the foot guards were formerly ſo
called, by the marching regiments, from a favourite exe-
cration in uſe among them, which was, damning their
eyes, limbs, and blue breeches. |

FyE SORE, a diſagreeable object; it will be an eye os as
long as ſhe lives, ſaid by a man whoſe wife was cut for a
fiſtula 1n ano,

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Face, a bumper, a glaſs filled fo full as to leave 25 720m

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FADGE, it wont fadge, it wont do.

Fac; to beat, cant) fag the bloſs, beat the wench; a

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to faggot, in the canting ſenſe, means to bind, an alluſion
to the faggots made up by the woodmen, which are all
bound ; faggot the culls, bind the men.

FAITHFUL, one of the faithful, a taylor who gives long

credit; his faith has made him unwhole, i. e. truſting too
much broke him, |
FALLALLS, ornaments, chiefly women's, ſuch as rib-
bands, necklaces, &c.
F Aus, or FAMBLEs, hands; (cant) famble cheats,
rings or gloves.
FAaMGRASP, to ſhake hands, /cant) Gouratively to agree

or make up a difference; famgraſp the cove, ſhake hands

with the fellow,

FAMILY OF LOVE, lewd women; alſo a religious ſect.

Fan, to beat any one; I fanned him fweetly, 1 beat him
heartily,

FASTNER, a warrant,

FASTNESSEs, bogs.

FcarLrarnnE, excrement hanging to the hairs about
the anus, &c. of a man or woman.

FART CATCHER, a valet or footman, from his walking

behind his maſter or miſtreſs.
FARTING CRACKERS; breeches.

FusT1aNn, bombaſt language; red fuſtian, port wine.
Far, the laſt landed, inned, or ſtowed of any fort of mer-
chandiſe, ſo called by the waterſide porters, carmen, &c.

FAT HEADED, ſtupid.
FAT CULL, a rich fellow.

FAULKNER, a tumbler, juggler, or ſhewer of tricks, (cant)

perhaps becauſe they lure the people, as a faulconer does
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FEAGUE, to feague a horſe, to put ginger up a horſe's
fundament, to make him lively and carry his tail well;
it is ſaid, a forfeit is incurred by any horſe dealer's ſer-
vant who ſhall ſhow a horſe without firſt feagueing him,
ulcd figuratively for encouraging or ſpiriting one up.

FEATHER-BED LANE, a rough or ſtony lane; to feather
one's neſt, to enrich one's ſelf.

FEINT, a ſham attack on one part, when a real one is
meant at another,

FEN, a bawd or common proſtitute ; (cant)

FEE FAW Fon, nonſenſical words ſuppoſed in childiſh
ſtory books, to be ſpoken by giants, I am not to be frighted
by fee faw fum, I am not to be ſcared by nonſenſe.

FEET, to make children's feet for ſtockings, to beget chil-
drenz an officer of feet, a jocular title for an officer of
infantry. |

FELLOW COMMONER, an empty bottle, ſo called at the
Univerſity at Cambridge, where fellow commoners are
not in general confidered as over full of learning; at Ox-
ford an empty bottle is called a gentleman commoner for
the ſame reaſon, |

FENCE, a receiver of ſtolen goods; (cant) to fence, to
ſpend or lay out, he fenced his hog, he ſpent his ſhilling.

FENCING KEN, the magazine or warehouſe, where ſtolen
goods arc iecreted.

FERME, a hole; (cant) i

FERMERDY=-BEGGARS, all thoſe who have not the ſham
{ores or clymes.

FERRARA, Andrea Ferrara, the name of a famous ſword
cutler; moſt of the highland broad ſwords are marked
with his name, whence an Andrea Ferrara has become
the common name for the glaymore or highland broad
ſword. See glaymore, |

FERRET, a tradeſman that fells goods to young unthrifty

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heirs, at exceſſive rates, and then continually duns them
for the debt; to ferret, to ſearch out, or expel any e
from his hiding place, as a ferret drives out rabbits, alſo
to cheat; ferret eyed, red eyed, ferrets have red eyes.

Freu, a trick, wheedle or invention to deceive.

FEUTERER, a dog keeper, from the French vautrier or
vaultrier, one that leads a lime hound for the clace,

FIB, to beat; (cant) fb the cove's quarron in the rumpad
for the lour in his bung, beat the fellow in the highway
for the money in his purſe; a fib 1s alſo a lye.

FiDDLE, a writ to arreſt, fidler's pay, thanks and wine.

FipLER's money, all fixpences, ſixpence being the uſual
fum paid by each couple for muſick at country wakes and
hops.

FiDDLE FADDLE, trifling diſcourſe, nonſenſe, a mere
fiddle-fadJ'c fellow, a trifler.

FiDLAM BEN, general tlueves, called alſo St. Peter's ſons
having very finger a fiſh hook; (cant)

FroGEYs, he has got the fidgets, ſaid of one that cannot
fit long in one place.

Fiel LANE DUCK, a baked ſheep's head.

Fir: 1s, a red faced man ts aid to have been ſerved

With a writ of fient facias.

F1GGEFR, a hiitic boy put in at 4 window to hand out goods

to the diver; {cant) See diver,

Fi6G1NG Law, the art of picking pockets; (cant)

FiLcn, or FILEL, a beggar's ſtaff with an iron hook at
the end to pluck clothes from a hedge or any thing out of
a caſement; filcher, the ſame as angler; filching cove, a
man thief; filching mort, a woman thief,

FILE, file cloy, or bungnipper, a pickpocket ; to file, to
rob, or cheat; the file or bungnipper, goes generally in
company with two aſfiſtants, the adam 1iler and another
called the bulk or bulker, whoſe buſineſs is to joſtle the
perſon they intend to rob, and pufh him againſt the wall

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while the ſile picks his pocket, and gives the booty to
the adam tiler who ſcours off with it; (cant)

Fix, an arm; a one finned fellow, a man who has loſt an
arm, (ſea phraſe)

FiNGER POST, a parſon, ſo called, becauſe like the finger
poſt, he points out a way he has never been and probably
will never go, i. e. the way to heaven. |

FI&ESHIP, a wench who has the venereal diſeaſe,

Fix PRIGGERS, Villains who rob at fires under pretence
of aſſiſting in removing goods.

Frisn, a ſeaman; a ſcaly fiſh, a rough blunt tar.

F1zZLE, an eſcape backward, more obvious to the noſe
than ears. | :

FLABAGASTED, confounded.

FLABBY, relaxed, flaccid, not firm or ſolid.

TLAGGE, a groat; (cant) the flag of defiance or bloody
flag is out, ſea phraſe fignifying the man is drunk and
alluding to the redneſs of his face,

FLAu, a lie, or ſham ſtory.

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! LASH, a periwig ; rum flaſh, a fine long wig ; queer flaſh,
2 miſerable weatherbeatea caxon; flaſh alſo means to
he oftentatiouily; to flath one's ivory, to laugh and ſhew
one's teeth; don't laſh your ivory but ſhut your potatoe
trap and keep your guts warm, the devil loves hot tripes.

{ LASH KEN, a houte that harbours thieves.

LASH LINGO, the canting or ſlang language.

LAT COCK, a female,

"LAT, a hubble, gull, or filly fellow.

Law, drunk.

FLAYBOTTOMIST, a bum bruther, or ſchool maſter, to.
lay or flea the fox, to yomit.

MLEA BITE, a trifling injury; to fend any one away with
a flea1n his ear, to give any one a hearty ſcolding.

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FLEMISH ACCOUNT, a loſing or bad account.

FLESH BROKER, a match maker, a bawd.

FLI Bus TIER, Weſt India pirates, buccanbert, or free
booters. | =

FLICKER, a drinking glaſs, (cant) |

FLICKERING, grinning, or laughing in a man's face.

FLicKkins, cutting; flick me ſome panam and caffan, cut
me ſome bread and cheeſe; flick the peter, cut off the
cloak bag, or portmanteau.

FLING, to fling, to trick or cheat; he flung me fairly out
of it, he cheated me out of it.

FLinTs, journeymen taylors, who on a late occafion, re-
fuſed to work for the wages ſettled by law. Thoſe who
ſubmitted, were by the mutineers ſtiled dungs, i. e.
dunghills.

FIP, ſmall beer, brandy and ſugar. This mixture with
the addition of a lemon, was by ſailors formerly called
Sir Cloudily, in memory of Sir Cloudſly Shovel, who.
uſed frequently to regale himſelf with it.

FrioGs, to whip.

FLoGGING CULLY, a debilitated letcher, (commonly an
old one) whole. torpid powers require ſtimulating with a
rod. One who hires girls to flog him on the poſteriors,,
in order to procure an erection.

FLocoiNd COVE, the beadle, or whipper, in bridewell.

FroG6c1NG STAKE, the whipping poſt.

FLORENCE, a wench that has been towzed and ruffled,
FLovT, to flout, to jeer, or ridicule.

FLUMMERY, oatmeal and water boiled to a jelly, alſo
compliments, neither of which are over nouriſhing.
FLUSH IN THE POCKET, full of money; the cull is fluſh
in the fob, the fellow is full, of money.
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FLrux, the recorder of a corporation: a recorder was an
ancient muſical inſtrument.

Fr.ux, to flux, to cheat, cozen; or over ak alſo to
ſalivate; to flux a wig, to put it up in curl, and bake it.
FLYER, to take a flyer, to enjoy a woman with her

elothes on, or without going into bed.

FL VERS, ſhoes.

FLYING GIGGERS, turnpike gates. |

FLYING CAMPs, beggars plying in a body at funeral.

FLY $LICERs, life guard men, from their fitting on horſe
back, under an arch, where they are frequently obſerved
to drive away flies with their ſwords.

Foz, a cheat, trick, or contrivance; I will not be fobbed
off ſo, I will not be thus deceived with falſe pretences:
the fob 1s alſo a ſmall breeches pocket for holding a watch,

Foc, ſmoke, (cant)

Focty, old fogey, a nick name for an invalid ſoldier,
derived from the French word fougeux, fierce or fiery.

Foo RAM, an old fogram, a fuſty old fellow.

Focus, tobacco, (cant) tip me a gage of fogus, give me a
pipe of tobacco.

FoysT, to foyſt, to pick a pocket.

FooTy DESPICABLE, a footy fellow, a deſpicable fellow,
from the French foutüe.

FooTMAn's MAWND, an artificial fore, made with un-
{lacked lime, ſoap, and the ruſt of old iron, on the back
of a beggar s hand, as if hurt by the bite, or kick of a
horſe.

Foor PADS, or LOW PADS, rogues who rob on foot.

Foor WABLER, a contemptuous appellation for a foot
ſoldier, commonly uſed by the cavalry.

FOREMAN or THE JURY, one who engroſſes all the talk
to Eimſelf, or ſpeaks for the reſt of the company.

ForE roor, give us your fore foot, give us your hand.

Fork, a pickpocket, (cant) let's fork him, let us pick his

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years ago. Doubtleſs the art of picking pockets, like all
others, muſt have been much improved ſince that time.

ForLoRN HOPE, a gameſter's lait ſtake,

FoRTUNE HUNTERS, indigent men, ſeeking to enrich
themſelves by marrying a woman of fortune.

FoRTUNE TELLER, or cx NIN MAT, a judge, who
tells every priſoner his fortune, lot, or doom : to go before
the fortune teller, lambikin man, or conjuror, to be tried
at an aſſize.

Foul MOUTHED, abuſive.

FounDLING, a child dropped in the ſtreets, and found and
educated at the pariſh expence.

Fox, a ſharp cunning fellow, alfo an old term for a ſword,
probably a ruſty one, or elſe from its being died red with
blood. Some ſay this name alluded to certain ſwords, of
a remarkable good temper, or metal, marked with the
ligure of a fox, probably the ſign or rebus of the maker,

ForsT, a pickpocket, cheat, or rogue. See Wotton's gang.

FoyrsTED IN, words, or paſlages ſurreptitiouſly interpol-
lated, or inſerted into a book, or writing.

FRrRATERS, vagabonds who beg with ſham patents, or
briefs tor hoſpitals, fires, inundations, &c.

FREEZE, a thin ſmall hard cyder, much uſed by vintners
and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of
them, and to advance their gain; a freezing »intner, a
vintner who balderdaſhes his wine.

FuE, free of fumbler's hall, a ſaying of one who cannot
get his wife with child.

FREE BOOTERS, lawleſs robbers and plunderers, originally
toidiers who ſerved without pay, for the privilege of
plundering the enemy.

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alehouſe.

FRENCH DISEASE, the venereal diſeaſe, ſaid to have been
imported from France; French gout, the ſame. He ſuf=
fered by a blow over the ſnout, with a French faggot
ſtick, i. e. he loſt his noſe by the pox.

FRENCHIFIED, infected with the venereal diſeaſe z the
mort is Frenchified, the wench is infected.

FRENCH LEAVE, to take French leave, to go off without
taking leave of the company, a ſaying frequently applied
to perſons who have run away from their creditors.

FRESHMAN, one juſt entered a member of the univerfity.

FRIBBLE, an effeminate fop, a name borrowed from a
celebrated character of that kind, in the farce of Miſs in
her teens, written by Mr. Garrick.

FRIDAY FACE, a diſmal countenance, before and even
long after the reformation, Friday was a day of abſti-
nence or jour maigre.

To FRIG, to be guilty of the crime of ſelf pollution;
frigging is alfo hguratively uſed for trifling.

FRIGATE, a well rigg'd frigate, a well dre wench.

FRTSk, to dance the Paddington friſk, to be hanged.

FROE, or VROE, a woman, wife, or miſtreſs, (Dutch)
bruſh to your froe, or bloſs, ind wheedle for crop, run
to your miſtreſs, and ſooth and coax her out of ſome
money,

FROSTY FACE, one pitted with the ſmall pox.

FROGLANDER, a Dutchman.

FRUMMAGEM'D, choaked, ftrangled, or hanged, (cant)

F—x, to copulate

F—k BEGGAR, ſee buſs beggar.

FUDBLE, irink this is rum fuddle, this is excellent tipple,

or drink ; fuddled, drunk ; fuddle cap, a drunkard.

FuBsty, plump; a fubſey wench, a plump healthy wench.

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thruſt the fingers trait, ſtiff, open, and very quick into the
pocket, and fo cloſing them, hook what can be held between
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| years ago. Doubtleſs the art of picking pockets, like all
others, muſt have been much improved ſince that time.
ForRLoRN HOPE, a gameſter's laſt ſtake,

FoRTUNE HUNTERS, indigent men, ſecking to enrich
themſelves by marrying a woman of fortune.

FoRTUNE TELLER, or CUNNING MAN, a judge, who
tells every priſoner his fortune, lot, or doom; to go before
the fortune teller, lambſkin man, or conjuror, to be tried
at an aſhze,

Foul MOUTHED, abuſive,

FounDLinG, achild dropped in the ſtreets, and found and
educated at the pariſh expence. |

Fox, a ſharp cunning fellow, alſo an old term for a ſword,
probably a ruſty one, or elſe from its being died red with
blood. Some lay this name alluded to certain ſwords, of
a remarkable good temper, or metal, marked with the
ligure of a fox, probably the ſign or rebus of the maker,

FoysT, a pickpocket, cheat, or rogue. See Wotton's gang,

ForsTED IN, words, or paſlages ſurreptitiouſly interpol-
lated, or inſerted into a book, or writing,

FRATERS, vagabonds who beg with ſham patents, or

_ briefs for hoſpitals, fires, inundations, &c.

FREEZE, a thin ſmall hard cyder, much uſed by vintners

and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of

them, and to advance their gain; a freezing vintner, a
vintner who balderdaſhes his wine. |
Fre, free of fumbler's hall, a ſaying of one who cannot

get his wife with child.

FREE BOOTERS, lawleſs robbers and plunderers, originally
toldiers who ferved without pay, ſor the privilege of
plundering the enemy.

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FRENCH DISEASE, the yenereal diſeaſe, ſaid to have been
imported from France; French gout, the ſame. He ſuf-
fered by a blow over the ſnout, with a French faggot

ſtick, 1. e. he loſt his noſe by the pox.

FRENCHIFIED, infected with the venereal diſeaſe 3 the
mort is Frenchified, the wench is infected.

FRENCH LEAVE, to take French leave, to go off without
taking leave of the company, a ſaying frequently applied
to perſons who have run away from their creditors.

FRESHMAN, one juſt entered a member of the unvernty,

FRIBBLE, an effeminate fop, a name borrowed from a
celebrated character of that kind, in the farce of Miſs in
her teens, written by Mr, Garrick.

FRIDAY FACE, a diimal countenance, before and even
long after the reformation, Friday was a day of abſti-
nence or Jour maigre.

To FRIG, to be guilty of the crime of ſelf pollution;
frigging 1s alſo figuratively uſed for trifling.

FRIGATE, a well rigg'd frigate, a well dreſſed wench.

Fg fsk, to dance the Paddington friſk, to be hanged.

FROE, or VROE, a woman, wife, or miſtreſs, (Dutch)
bruſh to your froe, or bloſs, and wheedle for crop, run
to your miſtreſs,” and ſooth and coax her out of tome
money,

FrRosTY FACE, one pitted with the ſmall pox.

FROGLANDER, a Dutchman. |

FrRUMMAGEM'D, choaked, ſtrangled, or hanged, (caut)

FK, to copulate |

F—Kk BEGGAR, fee buſs beggar.

Fupprx, drink, this is rum fuddle, this is excellent tipple,
or drink ; fuddled, drunk ; fuddle cap, a drunkard.

FuBsEy, plump; a fubſey wench, a plump healthy wench.

FuLlLnaMs, loaded dice are called high and low men, or

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high and low fulhams, by Ben Johnſon and other writers
of his time, either becauſe they were made at Fulham, or
from that place being the reſort of ſharpers.

FuUMBLER, an old or impotent man; to fumble, alſo
means to go aukwardly about any work, or manual
operation.

Fun, a cheat, or trick; (cant) do you think to fun me
out of it, do you think to cheat me; fun, the breech, per-
haps from being the abbreviation of fundament, I'IIkick
your fun.

Funk, to fmoke, figuratively to ſmoke or ſtink through
fear; I was in a curſed funk; to funk the cobler, a ſchool
boy's trick, performed with alla fœtida and cotton, which
are ſtufled into a pipe, the cotton being lighted, and the
bole of the pipe covered with a coarſe handkerchief, the
ſmoke is blown out at the ſmall end, through the crannies
of a cobler's ſtall,

FuRMEN, aldermen.

FURMITY FROMENTY, wheat boiled up to a jelly; to
ſimper like a furmity kettle, to ſmile, or look more about
the gills,

Fussock, a lazy fat woman; an old fuſſock, a frowzy old
woman.

Fus rTIiAx, bombaſt language, alſo port Fee

FusTY LUGGs, a beaſtly fluttiſh woman.

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AB, or GOB, the mouth; gift of the gab, a facility
of ſpeech ; eloquence, nimble tongued ; to blow the
gab, to confeſs, or peach,

GAB, or GoB STRING, a bridle. |

Gas, an inſtrument uſed chiefly by houſe-breakers and
thieves, for propping open the mouth of a perſon robbed,
thereby to prevent his calling out for aſſiſtance.

GE, a quart pot, alſo a pint, (cant)

GALLIPOT, nick name for an apothecary.

GALL, his gall is not yet broken, a ſaying uſed in priſons
of a man juſt brought in, who appears melancholy and de-
jected. |

GALIMAUFREY, a hodge-podge made up of the remnants
and ſcraps of the larder. |

GALLOWS BIRD, one that deſerves hanging,

GALLORE, or GOLORE, plenty.

GALLIGASKINS, breeches,

GALLEY, building the galley, a game formerly uſed at ſea
in order to put a trick upon a landſman, or freſh water
ſailor; it being agreed to play at the game, one ſailor
perſonates the builder, and another the merchant or con-
tractor; the builder firſt begins by laying the keel, which
conſiſts of a number of men laid all along on their backs
one after another, that is head to foot; he next puts in
the ribs or knees by making a number of men ſet feet to
feet at right angles to and on each fide of the keel, he now
fixing on the perſon intended to be the object of the joke,
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he accordingly places him at the head, his arms being held
or locked in, by the two perſons next to him, repreſenting

the ribs. After ſeveral other diſpoſitions, the builder de-

livers over the galley to the contractor as compleat, but
he among other faults and objections obſerves the lion is
not gilt, on which the builder or one of his afſiſtants runs
to the head, and dipping a mop in the excrement, thruſts
it into the face of tlie lion.

GALLY Fo1sT a city barge uſed formerly on the lord
mayor's day, when he was {worn in at Weſtminſter,

- GAMBLER, a ſharper, a tricking gameſter.

GAME, bubbles or pigeons ern in to be cheated, alſo at
bawdy houſes, lewd women; mother have you any game,
mother have you any girls; to die game, to ſuffer at the
gallows without ſhewing any figns of fear or repentance
game pullet, a young whore, or forward girl in the way of

becoming one.

GA, the mouth or lips, (cant)

GANG, a company of men, a body of ſailors, a knot of
thieves, pickpockets, &c. a gang of ſheep trotters, the four
feet of a ſheep.

GAP STOPPER, a whore maſter,

GAPESEED, fights, any thing to feed the eye; Tarn come
abroad for a little gape ſeed.

GARNISH, an entrance fee demanded by the old priſoners,
of one juſt committed to gaol. |

GARRET ELECTION, a ludicrous ceremony pradtiſed
every new parliament, it conſiſts of a mock election of
two members to repreſent the borough of Garrat (a few
ſtraggling cottages near Wandſworth in Surry) the qualifi-
cation of voter is having enjoyed a woman in the open air
within that diſtrift; the candidates are commonly fellows
of low humour, who dreſs themſelves up in a ridiculous
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GAWKEY, a tall thin awkward young man or woman.

GAZEBO, an elevated OUT or ſummer houſe,

GEE, it won't gee, it won't hit, or do, it ö not ſuit
or fit.

GELT, money, German, alſo caſtrated.

GELDING, an eunuch,

GENTLECRAFT, the art of ſhoemaking; one of the gentle-
craft, a ſhoemaker, fo called becauſe once practiſed by?
St, Criſpin,

(z3FNTRY COVE, a gentleman, (cant) .

GENTRY COVE KEN, a gentleman's houſe, (cant)

GENTRY MORT, a gentlewoman.

(JENTLEMAN COMMONER, an empty bottle, an univer-
ſry joke; gentlemen commoners not being deemed over-
full of learning.

JENTLEMAN'S MASTER, a highway robber, becauſe he
makes a gentleman obey his commands, i. e. ſtand and
deliver.
GENTLEMAN's COMPANION, a louſe.

GENTLEMAN OF THREE OUTS, i. e. without money,
without wit, and without manners.

GEORGE, a half-crown piece; yellow George, a guinea z
brown George, an ammunition loaf.

GIGG, & aa ; ſnitchel his gigg, fillip his noſe; grunter's
gigg, a hog's ſnout ; gigg is allo a high one horſe chaiſe,
and a woman's privities; to gigg a Smithfield hank, to
hamſtring an over drove ox, vulgarly called a mad
bullock.

GIGGER, a latch, or door; dub the gig
door; gi

ger, open the
gger dubber, the turnkey of a gaol.

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women,
GILL, the abbrevation of Gillian, figuratively uſed for
woman,

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his Gillian, or female mate.

G1KDs, quips, taunts, ſevere or biting reflections.

GERMAN DUCK, half a ſheep's head boiled with onions,

GET, one of his get, one of his offspring, or begetting,

G1B cAT, a northern name for a he cat; there commonly
called Gilbert; as melancholy as a gib cat; as melancholy
as a he cat who has been catterwauling, whence they

always return ſcratched, hungry, and out of ſpirits.
G1BBERISH, cant language, pedlars French; or St. Giles's
Greek. See St. Giles's Greek,

G1BLETs, to join giblets, ſaid of a man and woman who
cohabit as huſband and wife without being married ; alſo
to copulate.

G1FT OF THE GAB, a facility of ſpeech.

GiLE's or Sr. GILES's BREED, fat, ragged, and ſaucy;
Newton and Dyot Streets, the grand head-quarters of
moſt of the thieves and pickpockets about London, are 1n
St, Giles's pariſh.

GILLFLURT, a proud minks, a vain capricious womans

GILLY GAUPUS, a Scotch term for a- tall awkward
fellow.

GiLLs, the cheeks ; to look roſy about the pills, to have a
freſh complexion ; to look merry about the gills, to ＋
pe arc hearful.

G1LT, or RUM DUBBER, a thief who picks locks, ſo

called from the gilt or pick-lock key; many of them are
ſo expert, that from the lock of a church door to that of
the ſmalleſt cabinet, they will find means to open it; theſe
go into reputable publick-houſes, where pretending buſi-
neſs, they contrive to get into private rooms, up ſtairs,
where they open any bureaus or trunks they happen to
find there. | |

GIMBLET EYED, ſquinting, either in man or woman.

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crack alſo means a perſon who has a turn for mechani-
cal contrivances,

GINGERBREAD, a cake made of treacle, flower, and

grated ginger; alſo money; he has the gingerbread; he
1s rich, |
(31NGER PATED, Or GINGER HACKLED, red haired, a

term borrowed from the cock pit, where red cocks are

called gingers.
GINGERLY, ſoftly, gently, tenderly; to go gingerly to
work, 1. e. to attempt a thing gently, or cautiouſly,

GiNGAMBOBs, toys, bawbles, alſo a man's tefticles. See

thingambobs,

GIN SPINNER, a diſtiller.

GINNY, an inftrument to lift up a grate, in order to ſteal
what 1s in the window, (cant)

GLAZIER, one who breaks windows and ſhew glaſſes to
ſteal goods expoſed for ſale; glaziers, eyes, (cant)

GLAYMORE, a Highland broad ſword ; from the Erle,
glay, or glaive, a ſword, and more, great

GL1B, ſmooth, ſlippery ; glib tongued, talkative.

GL1M, a candle or dark lanthorn, uſed in houſebreaking 3
alſo fire; to glim, to burn in the hand, (cant)

GLIMSTICK, a candleſtick, (cant)

GLIMFENDERS, andirons, (cant)

GLIMFLASHY, angry, or in a paſſion, (cant)

GLIMJACK, a link boy, (cant)

GLUEPOT, a parſon, from joining men and women toge⸗
ther, in matrimony,

GLuM, ſullen.

GLYBE, a writing, (cant)

GLYMMER, fire, (cant)

GrimmERrERs, perſons begging with ſham licences, pre-

tending loſſes by fire.

Goaps, thoſe who wheedle in chapmen for horſe dealers.
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Goar, a laſcivious perſon ; goats gigs, making the beaſt
with two backs. Copulation,

GoALER's COACH, a hurdle, traytors being aſually cc con-

veyed from the goal to the place of execution, on a hurdle

or ſledge.
GoB, the mouth, alſo a bit or morſel, whence gobbets;

gift of the gob, wide mouthed, or one who ſpeaks fluent-
ly, or ſings well.

Go BETWEEN, a pimp or bawd.

GoBBLE P—XK, a rampant luſtful woman,

GOBBLER, a turkey cock.

GoING UPON THE DUB, going out to break open or pick
the locks of houſes. |

Go BY THE GROUND, a tittle ſhort perſon, man or wo—
man,

Gos, all- a-gog, impatient, anxious, or deſirous of a
thing.

GoGGLEs, eyes. See ogles. Goggle eyes, large promi-
nent eyes; to goggle, to ſtare.

GoDFATHERS, a jury; to take the opinion of one's god-
fathers, to be tried before or by a jury.

Gop PERMIT, a ſtage coach, from that affectation of
piety, frequently to be met with in advertiſements of
ſtage coaches or waggons, where moſt of their undertak-
ings are promiſed with if God permit, or God willing.

' GoLD DROPPERS, ſharpers who drop a piece of gold,
which they pick up in the preſence of ſome unexperienced
perſon for whom the trap 1s laid ; this they pretend to have
found, and as he ſaw them pick it up, they invite him
to a publick houſe to partake of it, when there, two or
three of their comrogues drop in, as if by accident, and
propoſe cards or ſome other game, when they ſeldom fail
of ftripping their prey.

GOLD FINDER, one whoſe employment is to empty neceſ-

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the night. |

GoLDFINCH, one who has commonly a purſe full of gold;
gold; goldfinches, guineas.

GOLLUMPUS, a large clumſey fellow.

(30LGOTHA, or the place of ſculls, part of the theatre at
Oxford, where the heads of houſes ſit, thoſe gentlemen
being by the wits of the univerſity called ſculls.

GOOD MAN, a word of various imports, according to the
place where it is ſpoken; in the city it means a rich man;
at Hockley in the Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer;
at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator, at
an alehouſe or tavern, one who loves his pot or bottle ;
and ſometimes, tho' but rarely, a virtuous man.

GOOD WOMAN, a non deſcript, repreſented on a famous
ſign in St, Giles's in the form of a common woman, but
without a head,

Goos, a taylor's gooſe, a ſmoothing iron uſed to preſs
down the ſeams, for which purpoſe it muſt be heated,
hence it is a jocular ſaying that a taylor, be he ever ſo
poor, is always ſure to have a gooſe at his fire.

Goos EAP, a filly fellow, or woman,

Gooss RIDING, a gooſe whoſe neck is greaſed being ſuſ-
pended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high poſts,
a number of men on horſeback riding full ipecd attempt
to pull off the head, which if they effect, the gooſe is their
prize. This has been practiſed in Derbyſhire within the
memory of perſons now living. 1a

GorEE, money, chiefly gold, cant) perhaps from the
traffick carried on at that place, which is chiefly for gold
duſt, .

GoxMAGON, a monſter with fix eyes, three mouths, four
arms, eight legs, five on one fide and three on the other,
three arſes, two tarſes and a **** upon its back; a man

on horſeback with a woman behind him.
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Gorcn GUTTED, pot bellied; a gotch in Norfolk, ſig-
nifying a pitcher, or large round jug.

Govok, to gouge, to ſqueeze out a man's eye with the
thumb, a | cruel practice uſed by the Boſtonians in Ame-
rica.

GRAN NA NM, corn.

GRANNUM's GOLD, hoarded money, ſuppoſed to have
belonged to the grandmother of the poſſeſſor.

GRAvEY EYED, blear eyed, one whoſe eyes have a run-
ning. humour.

GRAF TED, cuckolded, i. e. one who has had horns grafted
on his head.

GRAPPLE THE RAILS, a cant name uſed in eta for
whiſkey,

GREASE, to greaſe, to bribe; to greaſe a man in the fiſt,
to bribe him; to greaſe a fat ſow in the a—ſ—e, to give
to a rich man; greaſy chin, a treat given to pariſh offi-
cers in part of commutation for a baſtard called allo eat-
ing a child, |

GREEK, St. Giles's Greek, the lang lingo, cant, or gib-

beriſh.

GREEN BA, an attorney; thoſe gentlemen carry their
clients deeds in a green bag, and it is ſaid, when they
have no deeds to carry, frequently fill them with an old
pair of brecches or any other trumpery, to give themſelves
the appeirance of buſineſs.

GREEN Gown, to give a girl a green gown, to tumble
ter on thc graſs.

GEEENHORN, a novice on the town, an undebauched
young fel ow juft initiated into the 3 of bucks and
b.oods,

GREENHEAD, an inexperienced young man,
GREENWICH GOOSE, a penſioner of Greenwich hoſpital.

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GREENWICH BARBERS, retailers of ſand from the pits

at and about Greenwich, Kent; perhaps they are ſtiled
barbers from their conſtant ſhaving the ſand banks.

GRrREGORIAN TREE, ſo named from Gregory Brandon, a
famous finiſher of the law, to whom Sir William Segar,
garter king of arms, (being impoſed on by Brooke a
herald) granted a coat of arms.

GREY PARSON, a farmer who rents the tythes of the rec-
tor or vicar.

GI, a farthing; a merry grig, a merry fellow; as merry
as a grig, alluſions to the apparent livelineſs of a grig, or
young eel.

GRIM,. old Mr. Grim, death.

GRIMMALKIN, a cat; mawkin ſignifies a hare in Scotland.
GRINDERS, teeth; gooſeberry grinder, the breech ; alk
bogey the berry grinder, aſæ mine a—ſe,
GRINAGOG, THE CAT'S UNKLE, a fooliil a grinning fellow,
one who grins without reaton.

GRIN, to grin in a glaſs caſe, to be anatomiſed for murder;
the ik-ietons of many criminals are preſerved 1n glafs

caſes, at ſurgeons hall.

GroATs, to fave his groats, to come off handſomely. At the
univerſities, nine groats are depoſited in the hands of an
accademic officer, by every perion ſtanding for a degree,
which if the depoſitor obtains with honor, are returned to
him. |

GROG, rum and water; groggy, drunk.

Gabun (cant) a horſe.

GROPERS, blindmen, alſo midwives.

GROUND SWEAT, a grave.

GRUB, victuals; to grub, to dine; to ride grub, to be ſul-
len, or out of temper.

GRUP STREET, a ſtreet near Moorfields, formerly the
ſuppoſed habitation of many perſons who wrote for the
bookſellers; hence a Grub- ſtreet writer, means a hackney
author, who manufactures books for the bookſellers.

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GRUB STREET NEWS, lying knellivence.

GRUBSHITE, tO grubſhite, to make foul or di irty.

GRrRUMBL: TONIAN, a diſcontented perſcn,

GRUMBLE, to grumble in the gizzard, to murmur, Or res
pine ; he grumbled like a bear with a fore car.

GRUNTER, a hog, allo a ſhilling ; to grunt, to groan, or

complain of fi kneſs. l
GRruNTER's GIG, a ſmoaked hog's "Tay ,
GRUNTINGPECK, por k, bacon, or any kind of hog's fleſh, IM
GUDGEON, one eaſily impoſed on; to gudgeon, to ſwallow N
5 the bait, or fall into a trap, from the fiſh of that name,
1 which is caſily taken. N | L
. GULL, a {imple credulous fellow, eaſily cheated. 1
14 GULLED, deceived, cheated, impoſcd on. q
18 GUuULLGROPERS, uſurers who lend money to the game- I
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00 Gun, abuſive language; come, let us have no more of
Wea; your gum. q
| 7 Gun xfx, clumſey, particularly applied to the ancles of :
0 | men, or women, and the legs of horſes. I
| 1 GUuMPTION, or RUM GUMPT1ON, docility, comprehenſion, 1
ie 5 capacity. 1
hs GuxpiGvurTs, a fat purſy fellow. .
GUNNER's DAUGHTER, to kiſs the gunner's daughter, to Y
be tied to a gun and flogged on the poſteriors; a mode I
of puniſhing boys on board a ſhip of war. |

Gun, he's in the gun, heis drunk, perhaps from an alluſion
to a veſſel called a gun, uſed for ale in the univerſities,

GunPOWDER; an old woman, (cant)

GuTFOUNDERED, exceeding hungry; my great guts are l
ready to cat my little ones, my guts begin to think my
throat's cut.
Gurs AND GARBAGE, a very fat man or woman; more
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guts than brains, a filly fellow.

GUTTING A QUART POT, taking out the lining of it,
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i. e. drinking it off; gutting an oyſter, eating it; gutting
a houſe, clearing it of its furniture.

GuT SCRAPER, or TOR MENTOR OF CATGUT, a fidler.

GUTTER LANE, the throat, the ſwallow, the red lane.
See red lane.

GUuzZLE, liquor; to guzzle, to drink greedily.

GyBE, or VBE, any writing or paſs with a ſeal.

GYBEING, jeering, or ridiculing. :

GYPSIES, a ſet of vagrants, who to the great diſgrace of

ur police, are ſuffered to wander about the country;
they pretend that they derive their origin from the ancient
Egyptians, who were famous for their knowledge in
aftronomy, and other ſciences, and under the pretence of
fortune telling, find means to rob, or defraud the igno-
rant and ſuperſtitious. To colour their impoſtures, they
artificially ditcolour their faces, and fpeak a kind of gib-
beriſh peculiar to themſelves. They rove up and down
the country 1n great companies, to the great terror of the
farmers, from whoſe geeſe, turkies, and fowls, they take
very confiderable contributions.
Vhen a freſh recruit is admitted into the fraternity, he is
to take the following oath, adminiſtered by the principal
maunder, after going thro the annexed forms.

Fict a new. name 1s given him, by which he is ever
after to be called, then ſtanding up in the middle of the
aſſembly, and directing his face to the dimber damber, or
principal man of the gang, he repeats the following oath,
which is dictated to him, by ſome experienced member
of the fraternity :

Crank Cuffin, do ſwear to be a true brother, and that
] will in all things, obey the commands of the great tawney
prince, and keep his counſel, and not : divulge the ſecrets
of my hrethren.

i will never leave, nor forſake the company, but obſerve
and Keep all the times of appointments, either by day, or
by night, in every place whatever,

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of our myſteries to them.

I will take my prince's part againſt all that ſhall oppoſe
him, or any of us, according to the utmoſt of my ability,
nor will I ſuffer him, or any belonging to us, to be abuſed
by any ſtrange abrams, ruftlers, hookers, pailliards, ſwad-
lers, Iriſh toyles, ſwigmen, whip jacks; jark men, bawdy
baſkets, dommerars, clapper dogeons, patricoes, or curtals,
but will defend him, or them, as much as I can, againſt
all other outliers whatever, I will not conceal ought I
win out of /ib4ins, or from the ruffmans, but will preſerve
it for the uſe of the company. Laſtly, I will cleave to
my dexy wap ſtiffly, and will bring her duds, margery
praters, goblers, grunting cheats, or tibs of the buttery,
or any thing elſe I can come at, as winnings for her
wappings. =

The canters have it ſeems a tradition, that from the three
firſt articles of this oath, the firſt founders of a certain
boaſtful, worſhipful fraternity, who pretend to derive
their origin from the earlieſt times, borrowed both the
hint and form of their eſtabliſhment. And that their I
pretended derivation from the firſt Adam is a forgery, it
being only from the firſt Adam Tiler. See Adam Tiller.
At the admiſhon of a new brother, a general ſtock is

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raiſed for booze or drink to make themſelves merry on the
occaſion. As for feckage or eatables, they can procure it
without money, for while ſome are ſent to break the
ruffmans or woods and buſhes, for firing, others are de-
tached to filch geeſe, chickens, hens, ducks, or mallards,
and pigs. Their morts are their butchers, who preſently
make bloody work with what living things are brought
them, and having made holes 1n the ground under tome
remote hedge in an obſcure place, they make a fire and
boil or broil their food; and when *tis enough, fall to
work tooth and nail, and having eaten more like beafls

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the cantixg dialect,

As they live ſo they lie together promiſcuouſly, and know

not how to claim a property, either in their goods of
children, and this general intereſt ties them more firmly
together, than if all their rags were twiſted into ropes, to
bind them indiſſolubly from a ſeparation, which deteſt-
able union is farther conſolidated by the above oath,

They ſtroll up and down all ſummer time in droves, and

dextrouſly pick pockets, while they are telling of for-
tunes, and the money, -rings, filver thimbles, &c. which
they get, are inſtantly conveyed from one hand to another,
till the remoteſt perſon of the gang, who is not ſuſpected
becauſe they come not near the perſon robbed, gets poſ-
ſeſſion of it, ſo that in the ſtricteſt ſearch, it is almoſt im-

poſſible to recover it, while the wretches with impteca-

tions, oaths, and proteſtations, diſclaim the thievery.

That by which they are ſaid to get the moſt money, is,

when young gentlewomen of good families and reputation
have happened to be with child before marriage, a round
tum is often beſtowed among the gypſies, for ſome one

mort to take the child; and as that is never heard of more

by the true mother and family, ſo the diſgrace is kept
concealed from the world, and if the child lives it never
Knows its parents.

Gyr, a college runner or errand boy at Cambridge: called

at Oxford, a ſcout. See ſcout.

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ABERDASHER of pronouns, a der, or
uſher.

HACKNEY WRITER, one who writes for attornies or book-
ſellers. |

Hackum, captain hackum, a bravo, a flaſher.

Hap'tm, he has been at Had'em and come home by Clap-
ham, ſaid of one who has caught the venereal diſeaſe.

HaLy BorD, fixpence, (cant) |

HALF SEAS OVER, almoſt drunk.

HALF A Hoc, fixpence.

HALF AN OUNCE, half a crown, filver being formerly eſti-
mated at a crown or five ſhillings an ounce.

HAMLET, a high conſtable, (cant)

Hams, or HAMCASEs, breeches.

HanG GALLOws LOOK, a thieyiſh, or villainous ap-
pearance, | |

HANG IN CHAINS, a vile deſperate fellow.

HANG AN ARSE, to hang back, to heſitate.

HANXGMAN's WAGES, thirteen pence halfpenny, which
according to the vulgar tradition was thus allotted, one
ſhilling for the execution, and three halfpence for the
rope. N. B. this refers to forſer times, the hangmen of
the preſent day, having like other zrtificers, raiſed their
prices. The true ſtate of this matter is, that a Scottiſh
mark was the fee allowed for an execution, and the value
of that piece was ſettled by a proclamation of James I
at thirteen pence halfpenny.

Hans 1T ve, ſpeaking of a reckoning, ſcore it up.
Hank, he Tbs a hank on him, i. e. an aſcendant over him,
or a hold upon him; a Smithfield hank, an ox rendered
furious by over Wriviog and barbarous treatment.
HANKER,

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Hax k ER, to hanker after any thing, to have a longing
after or for it.

HANKTELO, a hilly fellow.

HANS IN KELDER, jack in the cellar, 1. e. the child in
the womb ; a health frequently drank to n women,
or their huſbands.

HanDSOME BODIED MAN IN THE FACE, —_— com-
mendation of an ugly fellow.

HARD, ſtale beer nearly ſour, is ſaid to be hard. Hard
alſo means ſevere, as hard fate, a hard maſter.

HARD AT HIs A—SE, cloſe after him.

HARE, he has ſwallowed a hare, he is drunk, more pro-
bably a hair which requires waſhing down.
HARK-YE-ING, Whiſpering on one fide to borrow money.
HARMAN, a conſtable, (cant)

HARMAN BECK, a beadle, (cant)

HarMANS, the ſtocks, (cant)

HARVUM sCARUM, he was running harum fcarum, ſaid of
any one running or walking ian. and in a hurry,
after they know not what. 5 —

HERTFORDSHIRE KINDNESS, drinking twice to the fans
perſon, |

HARRIDAN, 2 kapped old woman, a miſerable ſcraggy
worn out harlot, fit to take her bawd's degree; derived
from the French word haridelle, a worn out jade of a
horſe or mare,

Harp, to harp upon, to dwell upon a ſubjeft; have
among you my blind harpers, an expreſſion uſed in
throwing or ſhooting at random among a crowd ; harp 1s
alſo the Iriſh expreſſion for woman, or tail, uſed in toſſing
up in Ireland, from Hibernia being repreſented with a
harp, on the reverſe of the copper coins of that country,
for which reaſon it is in hoiſting the copper, i. e. toſſing
up, ſometimes likewiſe called muſic.

HasTy, precipitate, paſſionate, He is none of the Haſtings

fort, faving of a ſlow loitering fellow,
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Harchks, under the hatches, in trouble, difireſs, « or
d. bt,

HATCHET FACE, a long thin face.

Hawsx, ware hawk, the word to look ſharp, a bye word
when a bail'f paſſes; hawk alſo ſignifies a ſharper, in
oppoſition to pigeon, See pigeon. |

Hawkes, licenſed itinerant retailers of different com-
modities, called allo pedlars; likewiſe the ſellers of news

papers, hawking, an effort to ſpit up the thick phlegm,
called ters, whence it is wit upon record, to aſk the
perſon ſo doing, whether he has a licence, a punning
alluſion to the 40 of hawkers and pedlars.

HAZLE GILD, to heat any one with a hazle Rick.

HEAD RAILS, teeth ; ſea phraſe.

HEARING CHEATS, ears, (cant)

HEAD CULLY OF THE PASS Or PASSAGE BANK, the top

tilter af that gang throughout the whole army, who de-

mands and receives contribution from all the pals banks

in the camp. 8
HrARTS EASE, 4 twenty ſhilling piece, alſo one of the

rames for gin.

HEARTY FHOAK, 8 will have a hearty choak and caper

lauce for break faſt; 1. e. he will be hanged.

HEATHEN ad one Woole breech may be ſeen
through his pocket: hole. This ſaving araſe from the old
philoſophers, many of whom deipiſed the vanity of dreſs
to ſuch a point, as often to fall into the exceſs com-
plained of,

HEAvE, to rob, cant; to heave a caſe, to rob a houſe;
to heave a bough, to rob a booth, |

HEavex, the breaſt, (cant)

Heron, a bully, a ſwaggering coward. To hector, to

bully, probably from ſuch perſons aflecting the valour of

Hector, the hero of the Iliad.

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Hrock, to make a hedge, to ſecure a bet, or wager, laid
on one fide, by taking the odds on the other, ſo that let
what will happen, a certain gain is ſecured, or hedged in
by the perſon who takes this precaution,

HEDGE WHORE, an itinerant harlot, who bilks the bagnios
and bawdy houſes, by diſpoſing of her favours, on the
way fide, under a hedge ; a low beggarly proſtitute.

HrzpGE ALEHCUSE, a {mall obſcure alehouſe.

HEDGEPRIEST, an illiterate unbenificed curate, a patrico.

HEDGE CREEPER, a robber of hedges.

HEIGHTY TOITY, a hoydon, or romping girl. See romp.

HALB ERT, a weapon carried by a ſerjeant of foot; to get

ada a halbert, to be appointed a ſerjeant; to be brought to the
halberts, to be flogged. a la militaire; ſoldiers of the
infantry when flogged, being commonly tied to three
halberts, fet up in a crangle, with a fourth faſtencd
acroſs them,

Herr, a taylor's repoſitory for his ſtolen goods, called
cabbage, See cabbage.

HELL BORN BABE, a lewd graceleſs youth, one naturally
of a wicked diſpoſition.

HELL CAT, a termagant, a vixen, a furious ſcolding woman.
Sec term gant and vix en.

HELL HOUND, a wicked abandoned fellow.

HELTER $KELTER, in defiance of order, compoſed of the
Cumberland words, helter, to halter, or hang, and ſkelter,
or kelter, order, or condition, i. e. hang order, as we ſay
hang ſorrow, &c.

HEMPEN WIDOW, one Whoſe huſband was hanged.

HEMPEN FEVER, a man who was hanged, is ſaid to have
died of a hempen fever; and in Dorſetſhire to have been
ſtabbed with a Bridport dagger; Bridport being a place
famous for manufacturing hemp into cords.

Heme, young hemp, an appellation for a graceleſs boy.

HEN HEARTED, cowardly,

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be henpecked,
HEN HOUSE, a houſe where the woman rules, called alſo
a ſhe houſe, and hen frigate, the latter a fea phraſe, ori-

ginally applied to a ſhip, the captain of which bad his
wife on board, ſuppoſed to command him.

HERRING POND, the ſea; to croſs the herring pond at the

| king's expence, to be tranſported.

HERRING GUTTED, thin, as a ſhotten herring.

Hick, a country hick, an ignorant clown, (cant)

Hicxs1vs Dox1vUs, drunk.

Hip BouND, ftingy, hard of delivery; a poet poor in
invention is ſaid to have a hide hound muſe.

HiDE AND SEEK, a childiſh game: he plays at hide and
ſeek, a ſaying of one, who is in fear of being arreſted for
debt, or apprehended for ſome crime, and therefore does
not chuſe to appear in public, but ſecretly ſkulks up and
down. See ikulk,

Hich J1NKs, a gambler at dice, who having a ſtrong head,
drinks to intoxicate his adverſary, or pigeon.

Hin PAD, a highway man, (cant)

H1Gn WATER ; it is high water with him, he is full of
money.

H1GH soo, or CLOUTED SHOON, a country clown.

H1iSHSATE, ſworn at Highgate, a ridiculous cuſtom for-
merly prevailed at the public houſes in Highgate, to ad-
miniſter a ludicrous oath to all travellers of the middling
rank who {topped there, The party was ſworn on a pair
of horns, faſtened on a ſtick, the ſubſtance of the oath
was never to kiſs the maid, when he could kiſs the miſtreſs,
never to drink {mall beer, when he could get ſtrong, with
many other injunctions of the like kind, to all which was
added the ſaving clauſe of „ unleſs you like it beſt.”
The perſon adminiſtering the oath was always to be cal-
led father, by the juror, and he in return, was to ſtile him
lon, under the penalty of a battle,

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HiooLEDY PIGGLEDY, confuſedly mixed.

HiNnNEY, my honey, a north country hinney, particularly
a Northumbrian, in that county hinney is the general term
of endearment.

HisTORY OF THE FOUR KINGS,. or CHILD's BEST

GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS, a pack of cards; he ſtudies
the hiſtory of the four kings aſſiduoufly, he plays much
at cards. |

Hos, or HOBBINOL, a clown.

HoBBERDEHOY, half a man and half a boy, a lad between
both. |

HoBBLED, impeded, interrupted, puzzled ; to hobble, to
walk lamely.
Hos, or voz, will you hob, or nob, with me, a queſtion
formerly in faſhion at polite tables, ſignifying a requeſt or
challenge to drink a glaſs of wine with the propoſer;
if the party challenged anſwered nob, they were to chuſe
whether white or red. This fooliſh cuſtom is ſaid to
have originated in the days of good Queen Beſs, thus,
when great chimnies were in faſhion, there was at
each corner of the hearth, or grate, a ſmall elevated pro-
MY called the hob, and behind it a ſeat, In winter
ime the beer was placed on the hob to warm, and the
cold beer was ſet on a ſmall table, ſaid to have been called
the nob, ſo that the queſtion, will you have hob, or
nob, ſeems only to have meant, will you have warm,
or cold beer, 1. e. beer from the hob, or beer from the
nob, |
HoBNA1L, a country clodhopper, from the ſhoes of

country farmers and ploughmen being commonly ſtuck
full of hob nails, and even often clouted, or tipped with
iron.

HoBsy, Sir Poſthumous' s hobby, one nice, or whimſical in
his clothes.

HoBByY HORSE, a man's favourite amuſement, or ſtudy, is
called his hobby horſe. It alſo means a particular kind
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HosBsBy HoRSICAL, a man who is a great keeper or rider
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to his ſyſtems of amuſement,

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famous carrier of Oxford, who uſed to let horſes to the
ſtudents, but never permitted them to chuſe, always allot-
ting each man the horſe he thought propereſt for his
manner of riding and treatment. |

Hopp DoDDy, all a—fe and no body, a ſhort clumſey
perſon, either male or female.

HopGE, an abbreviation of Roger, a general name for a
country booby. |

Hopmanpops, ſnails in their ſhells.

HopcE rob, or horch por, a mixture.

Hocks, a vulgar appellation for the feet; you have left
the marks of your dirty hocks on my clean ftairs, a fre-
quent complaint from a mop ſqueezer to a footman.

Hocus yocvs, nonſenſical words uſed by juglers, previous
to their deceptions, as a kind of charm, or incantation.
A celebrated writer ſuppoſes it to be a ludicrous corruption
of the words, hoc eff corpus, uſed by the popiſh prieſts in
conſecrating the hoſt, Hocus is alſo uſed to expreſs
drunkenneſs, as, he is quite hocus, he is quite drunk,

Hos, a ſhilling; to drive one's hogs, to ſnore, the noiſe

made by ſome perſons in ſnoring, being not much unlike
the notes of that animal; he has brought his hogs to a
fine market, a ſaying of any one who has been remarkably
ſucceſsful in his affairs, and is ſpoken ironically to ſignify
the contrary; a hog in armour, an aukward, or mean
looking man, or woman, finely dreſſcd, is ſaid to look like
a hog in armour; to hog a horſe's mane, to cut it ſhort,
ſo that the ends of the hair ſtand up like hog's briſtles;
hoggiſh, rude and unmanly, alſo filthy; Jonian hogs,

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Cambridge.

Hod GRUBBER, a mean ſtingy fellow,
HoGo, corruption of haut gouſt, high taſte, or flavour,

commonly ſaid of fleſh ſomewhat tainted ; it has a con-
founded hogo, it ſtinks confoundedly.

Ho1sTING, a ludicrous ceremony, formerly performed on

every ſoldier, the firſt time he appeared in the field, after
being married; it was thus managed: as ſoon as the
regiment, or company, had grounded their arms, to reſt
a while; three, or four men of the ſame company, to
which the bridegroom belonged, ſeized upon him, and
putting a couple of bayonets out of the two corners of his
hat, to repreſent horns, it was placed on his head, the
back part foremoſt, he was then hoiſted on the ſhoulders
of two ſtrong fellows, and carried round the arms, a drum
and fife beating and playing, the pioneers call, named
round heads and cuckolds, but on this occaſion, ſtiled the
cuckold's march: in paſting the colours, he was to take
off his hat, This in ſome regiments was practiſed by the
ofticers on their bretheren,

HockinG, or HOUGHING, a piece of cruelty practiſed by

the butchers of Dublin, on ſoldiers, by cutting the tendon
of Achilles ; this has been by law made felony.

HoLBORN HILL, to ride backwards up Holborn hill, to

go to the gallows ; the way to Tyburn, the place of execu-
tion for criminals condemned in London, was up that hill,
Criminals going to ſuffer always ride backwards, as ſome
conceive to encreaſe the ignominy, but more probably to
prevent their being ſhocked with a diſtant view of the
gallows; as in amputations, ſurgeons conceal the inſtru-
ments with which they are going to operate, The laſt
execution at Tyburn, and conſequently of this proceſſion,
was 1n the year 1784, fince which the criminals bave been
executed near Newgate, |

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Hor fp Ax, a holiday bowler, a bad bowle?; Blind man's
holiday, darkneſs, night; a holiday is any part of a ſhip's
bottom, left uncovered in paying it, %a term)

Hor FATHER, a butcher's boy of St. Patrick's Market,
Dublin, or other Iriſh blackguards, among whom the
exc!amation, or oath, by the holy father, (meaning the
pops) is common. |

Holy] LAMB, a thorough paced villain, (1rih)

HoNEY MOON, the firſt month after marriage; a poor

honey, a harmleſs, fooliſh, good natured fellow.

Hoop wixk ED, blindfolded by a handkerchief, or other

Iigaiure bound over the eyes.

Hoo, to beat the hoof, to travel on foot; he hoofed it,
or beat the hoof every ſtep of the way, from Cheſter ta
London.

Hook ERS. See anglers. |

Hook Ep, over reached, tricked, caught, ſimile taken from
filling ; **** hooks, fingers.

Hooe, to run the hoop, an ancient marine cuſtom, four
or more boys, having their left hands tied faſt to an iron
hoop, and each of them a rope, called a nettle, in their
right, being naked to the waiſt, wait the ſignal to begin,
this being made by a ſtroke with a cat of nine tails,
given by the boatſwain to one of the boys, he ſtrikes the
boy before him, and every one does the ſame ; at firſt the
blows are but gently adminiſtered, but cach irritated by
the ſtrokes from the boy behind him, at length Jays it on
in carneſt ; this was ancientiy practiſed when a ſhip was
wind bound.

Hoop, to hoop, to beat; I'll well hoop his, or her barrel,
Fil beat him, or her ſoundly.

Hor THE Tw1G, to run away, (cant)

Hoyk1ns, Mr. Hopkins, a ludicrous addreſs to a lame, or
limping man, being a pun on the word hop.

Hor MERCHANT), a dancing maſter, See caper merchant.

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Hop-0-MY-THUMB, a diminute perſon, man or woman;
the was ſuch a hop-o-my-thumb, that a pigeon fitting
on her ſhoulder, might pick a pea out of her a—ſfe. \

HoyeinG GILES, a jeering appellation given to any perſen
who limps, or is lame. St. Giles was the patron of cnip-
ples, lepers, &c. churches dedicated to that faint, com-
monly ſtand out of a town, many of them having been
chapels to hoſpitals.

HoePER ARSED, one with large projecting buttocks,

HoxN CHOLICK, a temporary priapiſm.

HorN FAIR, an annual fair held at Charlton, in Kent,
on St. Luke's day, the 18th of October. It conſiſts of a
riotous mob, who after a printed ſummons diſperſed
through the adjacent towns, meet at cuckolds point, near
Deptford, and march from thence 1n proceſſion, through
that town and Greenwich, to Charlton, with horns of
different kinds upon their heads; and at the fair there
are ſold rams horns, and every ſort of toy made of horn,
even the gingerbread figures have horns. The vulgar
tradition gives the following hiſtory of the origin of this
fair: King John, or ſome other of our ancient kings,
being at the palace of Eltham, 1n this neighbourhood, and
having been out a hunting one day, rambled from his
company to this place, then a mean hamlet ; when enter-
1ng a cottage to. enquire his way, he was ſtruck with the
beauty of the miſtreſs, whom he ſound alone, and having
prevailed over her modeſty, the huſband returning ſud-
denly, ſurprized them together, and threatening to kill
them both, the king was obliged to diſcover himſelf, and
do compound for his ſafety, by a purſe of gold, and a
grant of the land, from this place to cuckolds point, be-
tides making the huſband maſter of the hamlet. It is
added, that in memory of this grant, and the occaſion of
it, this fair was eſtabliſhed, ſor the ſale of horns, and all
ſorts of goods made with that material. A ſermon is
preached at Charlton Church on the fair day.

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Horns, to draw in one's horns, to retract an aſſertion
through fear : metaphor borrowed from a ſnail, who on
the apprehenſion of danger draws in his horns, and retires
to his ſhell. | |

HorsE 60D MOTHER, a large maſculine woman, a gentle-
manlike kind of a lady.

HoksE Buss, a kiſs with a loud ſnack, alſo a bite.

Hos E COSER, vulgarly and corruptly pronounced horſe
courſer, a dealer in horſes. The verb to coſe, was uſed
by the Scots, in the ſenſe of bartering, or exchanging.

HorsE's MEAL, to make a meal without drinking.

HosTELER, i. e. oat ſtealer; hoſteler was originally the
name for an inn keeper, inns being in old Engliſh ſtiled
Hoſtels, from the French, ſignifying the ſame.

Hor Por, ale and brandy made hot.

Hovpox, a romping gitl.

Hu Bu, a noiſe, riot, or diſturbance,

HvcKkLE MY BUTT, beer, egg, and brandy, made hot.
HucksTERs, itinerant retailers of provifions ; he is in
huckſters hands, he is in a bad way. |
Hun, to laſh, (cant) the cove was hued in the naſkin, the
rogue was ſeverely lathed in bridewell.

HucGER MUGGER, by ſtealth, privately, without makin
an appearance; they ſpent their money in a hugger mug-
ger way.

ererz, to huffle, a piece of beaſtiality too filthy for ex-
planation.

HuFF, to reprove, or ſcold at any one, alſo to bluſter,
bounce, ding, or ſwagger ; a captain huff, a noted bulley.

HULKEY, or HULKING, a great hulkey fellow, an over
grown clumſey lout, or fellow.

HULVER HEADED, filly, puzzle pated.

Hum, to hum, or humbug, to deccive, or impoſe on one
by ſome ſtory or device; a humbug, a jocular impoſition,

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to delay, or be with difficulty brought to conſent to any
matter or buſineſs, |

Huus, perſons at church; there is a great number of
hums 1n the autem, there 1s a great congregation in the
church,

Hu BOX, a pulpit,

Hum c, very old and ſtrong beer, called alſo ſtingo.
See ſtingo.

HUM DRUM, a hum drum fellow, a dull tedious narrator,
a bore, alſo a ſet of gentlemen, who (Bailey ſays) uſed
to meet near the charter houſe, or at the King's Head, in

St. John's Street, who had more of pleaſantry, and leſs of
nyflery than the free maſons.

Hun DURGEON, an imaginary illneſs; he has got the

hum durgeon, the thickeſt part of his thigh is neareſt
his a—ſe, i. e. nothing ails him except low ſpirits.
HUMMER, a great lye, a rapper. See rapper.
HUMMING L1iqQuoR, double ale, ſtout pharach. See
pharaoh.

. HuMsSTRUM, a muſical inftrament made of a mopſtick

a bladder, and foine packthread, thence alſo called bladder
and ſtring, and hurdy gurdy; it is played on like a violin,
which is ſometimes ludicrouſly called a humſtrum; ſome-

times inſtead of a bladder, a tin caniſter is uſed,
HUMMUMs, a bagnio, or bathing houſe,

HuMe, to hump, once a faſhionable word for copulation.
HUMPTY DUMPTY, a little humpty dumpty man or wo-

man, a ſhort clumſey perſon of either ſex, alſo ale boiled
with brandy,

HuxnTtNG, drawing in unwary perſons to play or game.

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HUNTING THE SQUIRREL, an amuſement practiſed by
poſt boys, and ſtage coachmen, which conſiſts in following
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man whoſe turn comes for him to drink, before he has
emptied his former glaſs, is ſaid to be hunted.

HunTsvue, the reveillier of huntſmen, ſounded on the
French horn, or other inſtrument.

HvunT's Dos, he is like Hunt's dog, will neither go to
church nor ſtay at home. One Hunt, a labouring man at
a ſmall town in Shropſhire, kept a maſtiff, who on being
ſhut up on Sundays, whilſt his maſter went to church;
howled fo terribly as to diſturb the whole village, where-
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tented and whimſical perſons.

Huxc, to juſtle, or thruſt ; hunch backed, hump backed.

HuNnKs, a covetous miſerable fellow, a miier.

HuRDY GOURDY, a kind of fiddle, made perhaps out of a
gourd, at preſent it is confounded with the humſtrum.
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Hus, huſh the cull, murder the fellow,

HusH MONEY, money given to huſh up, or conceal a rob-
bery, theft, or any other offence, or to take off the evidence
from appearing againſt a criminal.

HusKYLOUR, a guinea, or job, (cant)

Hussy, an abbreviation of houſewife, but now always uſed
as a term of reproach, as, how now, huſſey; or ſhe is a
light huſſey.

Huzza, ſaid to have originally been the cry of the huzzars,
or Hungarian light horſe, but now the national ſhout of
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Hye, or HIP, a mode of calling to one paſſing by; hip

Michael, your head's on fire, a piece of vulgar wit to a red

haired man.

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do, to chatter like a magpie, alſo to ſpeak a foreign
language; he jabbered to me in his damned ovtlandiſh
parlez vous, but I could not underſtand him, he chattered
to me in French, or ſome other foreign language, but I
could not underſtand him. |
Jack, a farthing, a ſmall bowl ſerving as the mark for
bowlers, an inſtrument for pulling off boots.
Jack Apams, a fool; Jack Adams's pariſh, Clerkenwell.
JACKANAPES, an ape, a pert ugly little fellow.
Jack IN A Box, a ſharper, or cheat.
{ack KETCH, the hangman, vide Derrick and Ketch.
JacxMEN. See jarkmen.
JACK OF LEGS, a tall long legged man; alſo a giant, faid to
be buried in Weſton Church, near Baldock, in Hertford-
ſhire, where there are two ſtones fourteen feet diſtant,
faid to befthe head and feet ſtones of his grave. This
giant, ſays Salmon, as fame goes, lived in a wood here,
and was a great robber, but a generous one, for he plun-

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for this purpoſe, from the Baldock bakers, who catching
him at an advantage, put out his eyes, and afterwards
hanged him upon a knoll in Baldock field. At his
death he made one requeſt, which was, that he might
have his boy and arrow put into his hand, and on
ſhooting it off, where the arrow fell they would bury him,
which being granted, the arrow fell in Weſton church-
yard. About ſeventy years ago, a very large thigh bone
was taken out of the church cheſt, where it had lain many
years for a ſhew, and was ſold by the clerk, to Sir John
Tredeſkin, who, it is ſaid, put it up among the rarities of
Oxford, |

Jack IN AN OFFICE, an 1nfolent fellow in authority.

Jack PUDDEN, the merry andrew, zany, or jeſter to a
mountebank.

Jack AT A PINCH, a poor hackney parſon.

ſack RaBinsoN, before one could ſay Jack Robinſon, a
ſaying to expreſs a very ſhort time, originating from a
very volatile gentleman of that appellation, who would
call on his neighbours, and be gone before his name could
be announced.

JAck sPRAT, a dwarf or diminutive fellow.

JAck TAR, a failor,

Jack WEIGHT, a fat man,

Jack WHORE, a large maſculine overgrown wench.

JacoBITEs, ſham or collar ſhirts.

ADE, a term of reproach to women.

JaGvE, a ditch, perhaps from jakes.

JaKEs, a houſe of office, a cacatorium,

JaNniZzARIEs, the mob, ſometimes ſo called; alſo bailiffs,
their ſetters and followers.

JARKE, a ſeal,

JARKE-MEN,thoſe who fabricate counterfeit paſſes, li-

cences, and certificates for beggars.
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ſaw, ſpeech, diſcourſe, give us none of your jaw, let us
have none of your diſcourſe; a jaw-me-dead, a talkative
fcllow ; jaw work, a cry uſed in fairs by the ſellers of
nuts. |

JAIL BIRDS, priſoners,

lvEA POT, the knowledge box, the head. See knowledge
box.

ILNMMVYFELLO, a ſmart ſpruce fellow.

JEM, a gold ring, (cant)

JENNY, an inſtrument for lifting up the grate or top of a
ſhew glaſs, in order to rob it, (cant)

JERRYCUMMUMBLE, to ſhake, towzle, or tumble about.

JERRY SNEAK, a henpecked huſband, from a celebrated
character in one of Mr. Foote's plays, repreſenting a man
governed by his wife.

Je$UIT, See box the jeſuit, Jeſuitical, ny, evaſive, equi-
vocal ; a jeſuitical anſwer, an equivocal anſwer.

JET, a lawyer; autem jet, a parton.
uw, an over- reaching dealer, or, hard ſharp fellow, an ex-
tortioner; the brokers behind St. Clements church in the
Strand, were formerly called Jews by their brethren the
taylors.

Jew BAIL, inſufficient bail, commonly Jews, who for a
ſum of money will bail any action whatſoever, and juſtify,
that is, ſwear to their ſufficiency, but when called on, are
not to be found.

Jew's EYE, that's worth a Jew's eye, a pleaſant or agree-
able fight, a ſaying taken from Shakeſpeare.

Ii, a trick, a pleaſant jig, a witty arch trick.

Lr, a tricking woman, who encourages the addrefles of
a man whom the means to deceive and abandon.

JILTED, rejected by a woman who has encouraged one's
advances.

JiNGLE BOXES, leathern jacks tipped with ſilver, and hung
with bells, formerly in uſe among fuddle caps, (cant)

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JINGLE BRAINS, a wild, thoughtleſs, rattling fellow.

JUNIPER LECTURE, a round ſcolding bout.

ILL FORTUNE, or THE PICTURE OF ILL LUCK, a nine-
penny piece. =

IMPposT TAKERsS, uſurers who attend the gaming tables,
and lend money at great premiums.

INcHING, encroaching.

IxD1Es, Black Indies, Newcaſtle,

INDORSER, a ſodomite; to indorſe with a cudgel, to drub
or beat a man over the back with a ſtick, to lay cane upon
Abel. |

INKLE WEAVERS, ſuppoſed to be a very brotherly ſet of
people; as great as two inkle weavers being a proverbial |
ſaying. 5

IxLaip, well inlaid, in eaſy circumſtances, rich or well to
paſs.

Ix NO EN Ts, one of the innocents, a weak or ſimple per-
ſon, man or woman. |

TJoBBERNOLE, the head.

Jos, a guinea,

JoBAT10N, a reproof.

Jos, to reprove or reprehend, (Cambridge term )

Jock, or JOCKUM CLOY, to enjoy a woman.

Jockum GAGE, a chamber pot, jordan, looking glaſs, or
member mug, (cant)

JouNNY BUM, a he or jack aſs; ſo called by a lady that
affected to be extremely polite and modeſt, who would
not ſay jack, becauſe it was vulgar, nor aſs becauſe it
was indecent, |

JoLLyY Doc, a merry or facetious fellow, a bon vivant,
who never flinches from his glaſs, nor cries to go home to
bed.

JoLLy, the head, alſo jolly nob; I'll lump your jolly nob
for you, I'll give you a knock on the head, |

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fellow.

JORDAN, A chamber pot.

JoRUM, a Jug, or large pitcher.

JosEpH, a woman's great coat; a Joſeph, a ſheepiſh baſh-
ful young fellow, an alluſion to Joſeph who fled from
Potiphar's wife; you are Joſephus rex, you are jo-king,
1, e. joking. |

JowL, the cheek; cheek by jowl, cloſe together, or cheek
to cheek,

IRISH EVIDENCE, a falſe witneſs,

Iz15H APRICOTS, potatoes; it is a common joke againſt
the Iriſh veſſels to ſay they are loaded with fruit and tim-
ber, that is, potatoes and broomſticks. Iriſh aſſurance, a
bold forward behaviour; as being dipt in the river Styx was
formerly ſuppoſed to render perſons invulnerable; ſo it is
ſaid that a dipping in the river Shannon, totally annthi-
lates baſhfulneſs ; whence ariſes the ſaying of an impudent
Iriſhman, that he has been dipped in the Shannon,

Lais LEGS, thick legs, jocularly ſtiled the Iriſh arms.
It is ſaid of the Iriſh women, that they have a diſpen-
lation from the pope, to wear the thick end of their legs
downwards.

Tais TOYLES, thieves who pretend to carry about pins,
laces, and other pedlars wares, and under the pretence of
offering their goods to ſale, rob houſes, or pilfer any thing
they can lay hold of. |

iron, money in general; to poliſh the king's iron with
one's eye brows, to look out of grated or priſon windows,
or, as the Iriſhman expreſſed them, the iron glaſs win-
dows ; iron doublet, priſon. See ſtone doublet.

In 0NMONGER'S SHOP to keep an ironmonger's ſhop by
the fide of a common, where the ſheriff ſets one up, to be

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hat, a filver laced hat.
ITcHLAND, Scratchland, Scotland,

TJUMBLEGUT LANE, a rough road, or lane.

Jury LEG, a wooden leg, alluſion to a jury maſt, which is
a temporary ſubſtitute for a maſt carried away by a ſtorm,
or any other accident, (ea phraſe)

JusT-Ass, a punning appellation for a juſtice,

Ivy BUsH, like an owl in an ivy buſh, a fimile for a
meagre, or weazle faced man, with a large wig, or very

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ATE a picklock ; (cant) 'tis a rum kate, it is a clever
picklock.
KEEL BULLIEs, men employed to load and unload the
coal veſſels. |

REELHAWLING, a puniſhment in uſe among the Dutch
ſeamen, in which, for certain offentes, the delinquent 1s
drawn once, or oftener under the ſhip's keel, ludicrouſly
defined, undergoing a great hardſhip.

KEEP, to inhabit; Lord, where do you keep, i. e. where
are your rooms, (accademical phraſe )

KEEPING CULLY, one who keeps a miſtreſs as he ſuppoſes
for his own uſe, but really for that of the public.

KEFFEL

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KEFFEL, a horſe, elch)
KELT ER, condition, order; out of kelter, out of order.
Krup's SHOES, would I had Kemp's ſhoes to throw after

vou. Ben Fohnſen. Perhaps Kemp was a man remarkable
fo his good luck or fortune; throwing an old ſhoe, or
ſhoes, after any one going on an 1mportant buſineſs, 18 by
the vulgar deemed lucky.
KEN, a houſe; (cant) a hob ken, or a bowman ken, a
well furniſhed houſe, alſo a houſe that harbours thieves ;
| biting the ken, robbing the houſe, |

KEN MILLER, Or KEN CRACKER, a houſebreaker, (cant)

KENT STREET EJECTMENT, to take away the ſtreet door,
a method practiſed by the landlords in Kent-ſtreet, South-
wark, when their tenants are above a fortnights rent in
arrcar,

KERRY SECURITY, bond, pledge, oath and keep the
money,

Freu, Jack Ketch, a general name for the finiſhers of
the law, or hangmen, ever ſince the year 1682, when the
ollice was filled by a famous practitioner of that name, of
whom his wife laid, that any bungler might put a man
to death, but only her huſband knew how to make a gen-
tleman die {weetly, T his officer is mentioned in Butler's
Ghoſt, page 54, publiſhed about the year 1682, in the
following lines :

Till Ketch obſerving he was chous'd,
And in his profits much abus'd,

In oten hall the tribute dun'd,
To do his office, or refund.

Mr, Ketch had not long been elevated to his office, for the
name of his predeceſſor Dun occurs 1n the former part of
this poem, page 29.

For you yourſelf to act ſquire Dun,
Such ignominy neer ſaw the ſun.

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for high treaſon, an operation, which, according to cuſtom
for time out of mind, has always entitled the operator to
that diftinftion. The predeceſſor of Dun, was Gregory
Brandon, from whom the gallows was called, the Gregorian
tree, by which name it is mentioned, in the prologue to
Mercurius Pragmaticus, a tragi-comedy ated at Paris,
&c. 1641.
This trembles under the black rod, and he
Doth fear his fate from the Gregorian tree.

Gregory Brandon ſucceeded Derrick. See Derrick.

KETTLE DRUMS, a woman's breaſts, called by ſailors cheſt
and bedding.

Kicks, breeches ; a high kick, the top of the faſhion; it
15 all the kick, 1t 1s the preſent mode ; tip us your kicks,
we'll have them as well as your lour, pull off your bre-
ches, for we muſt have them as well as your money ; a
kick, ixpence ; two and a kick, half-a-crown ; a kick in

the guts, a dram of gin, or any other ſpirituors liquor; to
kick the bucket, to die; he kicked the bucket one Cav,
he died one day.

Kicxsnaws, French diſhes, corruption of uelgue choſe.

K1CKERAPOO, dead, (negroe word)

K1D, a child,

KiDDER, a foreſtaller, See crocker, Kidders are alto
perſons employed by che gardeners to gather peaſe.

K1DNAPPER, originally one who ſtole, or decoyed children,
or apprentices f.om their parents or maſters, to ſend them
to the colonies; called alſo ſpiriting, but now uted for all

_ recruiting crimps, for the king's troops, or thoſe of the
Eaſt India company, and agents for indenting ſervants for

M8 the plantations, &c.

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bling their bit, (cant)

Kin LAY, rogues who make it their buſineſs to defraud

young apprentices, or errand boys, of goods committed to
their charge, by prevailing on them to execute ſome trif-
ling meflage, pretending to take care of their parcels till
they come back ; thele are in cant terms, ſaid to be on the
kid lay. |

K1DNEY, diſpoſition, principles, humour; of a ftrange
kidney, of an odd, or unaccountable humour; a man of a
different kidney, a man of different principles.

KILKENNY, an old frize coat.

KILL PRIEST, port wine.

KILL DEVIL, new ſtill burnt rum.

KIMBAW, to trick, cheat, or cozen, alſo to beat, or to
bully ; let's kimbarw the cull, let's bully the fellow; to ſet
one's arms a kimbaw, vulgarly pronounced a kimbo, is to
ret one's hands on the hips, keeping the elbows ſquare,
and ſticking out ſrom the body, an inſolent bullying atti-

. tude, (cant

K1NCHIN, a little child; (cant) kinchin coes, orphan beg-
gar boys, educated in thieving; Kinchin morts, young
girls under the like circumſtances and training; allo a
little man; kinchin morts, or coes in ſlates, beggars
children carried at their mothers backs in ſheets.
KINGDOM COME, he is gone to kingdom come, he is
dead,

Kinc's BAD BARGAIN, one of the king's bad bargains,
a malingeror, or ſoldier who ſhirks his duty. f
K1nG's HEAD INN, or THE CHEQUER INN, IN NEW-
GATE STREET, the priſon of Newgate,

King Jonn's MEN, he is one of King John's men, eight
ſcore to the hundred, a ſaying of a little underſized man.
K1iNG's PICTURES, coin, money.

RING OF THE GYPSIES, the captain, chief, or ringleader
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KIS s ING CRUST, the firſt cut of a loaf.

KIT, a dancing maſter, ſo called from his kit, or cittern,
(a ſmall fiddle) which dancing maſters always carry about
with them, to play to their ſcholars; the kit, is likewiſe the
whole of a ſoldier's neceſſaries; the content of his knap-
ſack, and is uſed alſo to expreſs the whole of different com-
modities ; here take the whole kit, i. e. take all.

KiTCHEN PHYSICK, food, good meat, roaſt or boiled; a

little kitchen phyſic will ſet him up, he has more a of
a cook than a doctor.

KIiTTLE PITCHERING, a jocular method af hobbling orbo-
thering a troubleiome teller of long ſtories : this is done
by contradifting ſome very immaterial circumſtance at the
beginning of the narration, the objections to which being
ſettled, others are immediately ſtarted to fome new par-
ticular of like conſequence, thus impeding, or rather not
ſuffering him to enter into the main ſtory. Kittle pitcher+
ing is often practiſed in confederacy, one relieving the
other, by which the deſign is rendered leſs obvious,

KN Ack snoop, a toy ſhop, a nick-nack-atory,

KNAVE IN GRAIN, a knave of the firſt rate; a phraſe
borrowed from the dychoute, where certain colours are
ſaid to be in grain, to denote their ſuperiority, as being
dyed with cochineal, called grain.

KNIGHT OF THE BLADE, a bully,

KNIGHT OF THE RAINBOW, a footman, from the variety
of colours in the liveries and trimming, of gentlemen of
that cloth, |

KNIGHT OF THE POST, a falſe evidence, one that is
ready to ſwear to any thing for hire.

KNIGHT OF THE THIMBLE, or NEEDLE, a taylor, or

ſtay maker,

KNIGHT OF THE ROAD, a highwayman,

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KNIGHT AND BARROW PIG. more hog than gentleman,
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KnoB, the head, See noh.

KNOCK, to knock a woman, to have cena knowledge of
her; tua me dawn, ſtrong ale, or beer, ſtingo; to knock
off, to conclude, phraſe borrowed from the blackſmith.

KNOWLEDGE BOX, the head,

KxoT, a crew, gang, or fraternity.

KnuCKLEs, pickpockets who attend the avenues to public
places, to ſteal pocket books, watches, &c. a ſuperior kind
of pickpockets ; to knuckle too, to ſubmit.

ENUCKLEDABS, or KNUCKLE CONFOUNDERS, ruffles,

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Lacins, beating, Ill lace your jacket handſomelys

Lady, a crooked, or hump backed woman,

LADYBIRDS, light, or lewd women.

Lanry oF EASY VIRTUE, a woman of the town, a proſ-
titute,

LADDER, to go up the ladder to reſt, to be hanged.

LEAF, to go off with the fall of the leaf, to be hanged ;
criminals hanged in Dublin, being turned off from the

outhde of the priſon, by the falling of a board, propped .

up, and moving on a hinge like the leaf of a table, (Iriſh)
AE, water, (cant)

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Las, to lag, to drop behind, to keep back ; wi laft, the
laſt of a company,

LAiD ON THE SHELF, OR LAID UP IN LAVENDER,
pawned, |

LAMB3, to lamb, or lambaſte, to beat; lamb pye, a beating.

LaMB's woor, apples roaſted and put into ſtrong ale.

LAMBSKIN MEN, the judges, from their robes lined and
bordered with ermine.

'LaxnD LoPERs, or LAND LUBBERs, vagabonds lurking

about the country, who ſubſiſt by pilfering.

LAND PYRATEs, highwaymen.

LAxp, as, how lies the land, how ſtands the reckoning}
who has any land in Appleby, a queſtion aſked the man
at whoſe door the glaſs ſtands long, or who does not cir-
culate it in due tune, |

LANSPRISADO, one who has only two-pence, in his pocket;
alſo a lance, or deputy corporal, that is, one doing the
duty without the pay of corporal; formerly a lancier, or
horſeman, who being diſmounted by the death of his horſe,

ſerved in the foot, by the title of lanſpriſado, or lancepeſ-

ſato; a broken lance.

LANTHORN JAWED, thin viſaged, from their checks being
almoſt tranſparent, or elſe Jenten jawed, i. c. having the
jaws of one, emaciated by a too rigid obſervation of lent;
dark Janthorn, a ſervant, or agent at court, who receives
a bribe for his principal, or maſter,

Lay, butter milk, or whey, (cant)

LAREOVERS FOR MEDLERS, an anſwer frequently g given
to children, or young people, as a rebuke for their imper-
tinent curioſity, in enquiring what is contained in a box,
bundle, or any other cloſed conveyance.

LARRY DuGaNn's EYE WATER, blacking. Larry Du-
gan was a famous ſhoe black at Dublin.

LARKING, a laſcivious practice that will not bear expla-
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LATCH, let in.

LaTITAT, 2 nick name for an attorney, from the name
Ot a Writ.

LaTny, hin, ſlender; a lathy wench, a girl almoſt as
{len ler as a lath,

LAveNDER, laid up in lavender, pawned.

Law, to give law to a hare, a ſporting term, ſignifying to
give the animal a chance of eſcaping, by not ſetting on
the dogs, till the hare is at ſome diſtance, it is alſo more
figuratively uſed, for giving any one a chance of ſueceed-
ing in a ſcheme or project.

Lay, enterprize, purſuit, or attempt; to be ſick of the lay,
it allo means a hazard, or chance; he ſtands a queer lay,
1. e. he is in danger, (cant)

LAVYSTALL, a dunghill about London, on which the foil
brough from neceſſary houſes is emptied, or in more tech-
nical terms, where the old gold collected at weddings by
the Tom t—d man, is ſtored. |

LazYBONES, an inftrument like a pair of tongs, ſor old,
or very fat people, to take any thing from the ground
without ſtooping.

LEAST IN $IGHT, to 1 leaſt in fight, to hide, keep out
of the way, or make one's ſelf ſcarce.

Leaxy, apt to blab, one who cannot keep a ſecret 1 is ſaid

to be cally;

LEATHER, to loſe leather, to be galled with riding on
horſeback, or as the Scotch exprels it, fawdle jick; to lea-
ther, alſo means to beat, perhaps originally with a ſtrap,
Fll leather you to your heart's content; leather headed,
ſtupid ; leathern conveniency, term ulcd by quakers for
a ſtage coach,

L, to make a leg, to bow, to give leg bail and land

ſecurity, to run away; to fight at the leg, to take unfair
advantages, it being held unfair by back ſword players,
to ſtrike at the leg; to break a leg, a woman who has had
2 baſtard, is ſaid to have broken a leg.

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LENTEN FARE, ſpare diet.

LEVITE, a prieft, or parſon.

L1BBEGE, a bed, (cant)

LIB, to lib, to lie together, (cant)

L1BKEN, a houſe to lie in, (cant)

Lick, to beat, alſo to waſh, or to paint ſlightly over; I'll

give you a good lick o'the chops, Ill give you a good
ſtroke, or blow on the face.

L1cksPITTLE, a paraſite, or talebearer,

Lirr, to give one a lift, to aſſiſt; x good hand at a dead
lift, a good hand upon an emergency ; a lift, ſee ſhop-
lifter, &c.

LieTzts, a crutch.

Lis, a bed. See lib.

LicurT gon, a ſoldier of the light infantry company.

LicaTMANSs, the day, (cant)

LichT FINGERED, thievith, apt to pilfer.

LicaT HEEL'D, ſwift in running; a light heel'd wench,

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I 5 k LILIY WHITE; a chunncy ſweeper,

Vt | LisBs, duke of imb, a tall aukward fellow.

51 4 . LimB or THE LAW, an in erior, or petty fogging at-
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(iran Ling or THz OLD AUTHOR, a drim of brandy.

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Lixdo LANGUAGE, an outlandiſh lingo, a foreign
tongue; the parlezvous lingo, the French language.
LINEN ARMOURERS, taylors. 1
Liox, to tip the lion, to {queeze the nole of the party
tipped, flat io his face with the thuub ; to Thew the lions

and tombs, to point out the particular curioſities of any

place, an alluſion to Weſtainſter Abbey, and che Tower,
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where the tombs and lions are ſhewn ; to act the Ciceroni,
z lion is alſo a name given by the gownſmen of Oxford,
to inhabitants and viſitors.

Liohon, to liquor one's boots, to drink before a journey,
among Roman Catholicks to adminiſter the extreme
unction.

LiTTLE SNAKESMAN, a little boy who gets into a honſe
through the fink hole, and then opens the door for his
accomplices, he is ſo called from writhing, and twiſting
like a ſnake, in order to work himſelf through the narrow
paſſage. 5

LITTLE BARBARY, Wapping.

LITTLE BREECHES, a familiar appellation uſed to a boy.

LIVE LUMBER, a term uſed by ſailors, to ſignify all landſ-
men on board their ſhips.

LivE $TOCK, lice, or fleas.

Loar, to be in bad leaf, to be in a diſagreeable ſituation,
in trouble.

Logs TER, à nick name for a ſoldier, from the colour of
his clothes; to boil one's lobſter, for a churchman to
become a ſoldier, lobſters which are of a bluiſh black,
being made red by boiling.

Loay, to run away; he loaped down the dancers, he ran
down ſtairs, | SS

1,0B8-COUSE, a diſh much eaten at ſea, compoſed of ſalt
beef, biſcuit and onions, well peppered and ſtewed to-
gether. |

LoBLOLLEY BOY, a nick name for the ſurgeon's ſervant,
on board a man of war, ſometimes for the ſurgeon him-
ſelf, from water gruel preſcribed to the fick, which is cal-
led loblolley.

Lopcock, a large relaxed penis, alſo a dull inanimate
fellow.

Loz's pound, a priſon. Dr. Grey in his notes on Hu-
dibraſs, explains it to allude to one Doctor Lob, a diſ-

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ſenting preacher, who uſed to hold ſorth when conventicles
were prohibited, and had made himſelf a retreat by means
of a trap door at the bottom of his pulpit. Once being
purſued by the officers of juſtice, they followed him
through diverfe ſubterraneous paſſages, till they got into a
dark cell, from whence they could not nd their way
out, but calling to ſome of their companions, {wore they
had got into Lob's pound,

Lock, character, he ſtood a queer lock, i. e. he bore but
an indifferent character, a lock is alſo a receptacle for
ſtolen goods. |

LocksMIiTH's DAUGHTER, a key.

Lock HOSPITAL, an hoſpital for venereal patients,

Lock ur HOVSE, a ſpunging houſe, a public houfe kept
by ſheriff's officers, to which they convey the perſon;
they have arreſted, where they practice every ſpecies of
impoſition and extoriion, with impunicy; alſo houſes
kept by agents, or crimps, who inliſt, or rather trepan
men to ſerve the Eaſt India, or African company as ſol-

diers.

Lock ERAM faw'p, thin faced, or lanthorn jaw'd. See
lanthorn jaw'd.

Loc, a watch; he filed a cloy of a loge, or ſcout, he
picked a pocket of a watch. Sce ſcout.

LoGGERHEAD, a blockhead, or ſtupid fellow; we three
logger heads be, a ſentence frequently written under two
heads, the reader by repeating them makes himſelf the
third; a loggerhead, is alto a double headed, or bar ſhot
of iron.

LoL, mother's loll, a favourite child, the mother's
darling.

Lol Poor, a lazy idle drone,

LoMBARD FEVER, fick of a lombard fever, i. e. . of the
idles.

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Loo, for the good of the loo, for the benefit of the com-
pany or community.

Lok, a crooked, or hump back'd man; _ unhappy
people afford great ſcope for vulgar railleries, ſuch as
did you come. {traight from. home, if ſo, you have got
coafoundedly bent by the way; don't abuſe the gemman,
or gentlewoman, adds a bye ſander, he has been groſſly
inſuited already, don't you ſee his back's up; another
picce of vulgar wit, is let looſe on a deformed perſon,
if met by a party of ſoldiers on the march, one of them
obſerves, that that gentleman is on the march too, for he
has got his knapſack at his back. It is ſaid in the Britith
Apollo, that the title of lord was firſt given to deformed
perſons, in che reign of Richard III. from ſeveral perſons
labouring under that misfortune, being created peers by
him.

LoxG MEG, a jeering name for a very tall woman, from
one famous in ſtory, called Long Meg of Weſtminſter.

LoxG SHANKS, long legged.

LookiNG GLASS, a chamber pot, jordan, or member mug.
Loox, or LONT, a country bumpkin, or clown.
LoONSLATE, thirteen pence halfpenny.

LouNGE, a loitering place, or goſſipping ſhop.

Lovsk BAG, a black bag, worn to the hair or wig.
Lovsznousr, the roundhouſe, or cage.

LovsE LADDER, a ſtitch fallen in a ſtocking,

LovstLAnD, Scotland.

LousETRAP, a comb.

LourT, a clumſey ſtupid fellow.

Low PAD, a foot pad

Low TIDE, or Low WATER, when there is no money
in a man's pocket.

LowRE, money, (cant)

Luds BULWARK, Ludgate priſon,
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landſmen. a

Luck, or Coop LUCK, to tread in a ſirreverence, to be
bewayed, an alluſion to the proverb, ſh—tt—a luck is
good luck,

Luss, ears, or wattles, See wattles.

LUuULLABY CHEAT, an infant, (cant)

LULLEYs, wet linen, (cant)

LuMs, too much.

LuMBER, live lumber, ſoldiers or paſſengers on board a
ſhip are ſo called by the ſailors.

Luut THE LIGHTER, to be tranſported ; to lump, to
beat; alio to include a number of articles under one
head.

LumPERs, perſons who contract to unload ſhips,

Lux, harlequin. | |

Luck, to be left in the lurch, to he abandoned by one's

confederates or party, left in a ſcrape ; lurched, thoſe
who loſe a game of whiſt without ſcoring five are ſaid to
be lurched. | |

LuRCHER, a lurcher of the law, a bum bailiff, or his
ſetter.

LuRRIEs, money, watches, rings, or other moveables.

Ly, chamber lye, urine.

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MACKAREL, a bawd, from the French maquerel;
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alſo a fop, which name aroſe from a club, called the mac-
caroni club, inſtituted by ſome of the moſt dreſſey
travelled gentlemen about town, who led the faſhions,
whence a man foppiſhly dreſſed, was ſuppoſed a member of
that club, and by contraction ſtiled a maccaroni.

Mace, the mace is a rogue aſſuming the character of a
gentleman, or opulent tradeſman, who under that appear-
ance defrauds workmen, by borrowing a watch, or other
piece of goods, till one he beſpeaks is done, (cant)

MADAM, a kept madam, a kept miſtreſs,

MADAM RAN, a whore, (cant)

MapeE, ftolen, (cant)

MADGE, the private parts of a woman,

Map cus, ſodomites, (cant)

Map Tom, or Tom or BEDLAMm, otherwiſe an abram
man, a rogue that conterfeits madneſs, (cart)

MacoTTy, whimſical, capricious.

MA1DEN SESSIONS, a ſeſſions where none of the priſoners
are capitally convicted,

Make, a halfpenny, (cant)

MAKE WEIGHT, a ſmall candle, a term applied to a little
ſlender man. |

MALTOUT, a nick name for a marine, uſed by ſailors and
ſoldiers of other corps, probably a corruption of matelot,
the French word for a ſailor.

MALINGEROR, a military term for one who under pretence
of ſickneſs evades his duty.

MALKINTRASH, one in a diſmal garb,

MALKIN, or MAULKIN, a general name for a cat.
MALMSEY NOSE, a red pimpled ſnout, rich in carbuncles
and rubies,

Max oF THE TOWN, a rake, a debauchee.

Man oF THE TURF, a horle racer, or jockey,

MANTRAP, a woman's comodity.

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Masvracr URE, liquors prepared from materials of Eng-
liſh growth.

MARGERY PRATER, a hen, (cant)

MARINATED, tranſported to ſome foreign plantation.

MARINE OFFICER, an empty bottle, (/ea wit) marine
officers being held uſeleſs by the ſeamen.

MarRkIED, perſons chained or handcuffed together, in
order to be conveyed to gaol, or on board the lighters
for tranſportation, are in the cant language faid to be mar-
ried together, |

MARRIAGE MUSICK, the ſqualling and crying of children,

MARROW BONES, the knees; to bring any one down on
his marrow hones, to make him beg pardon on his knees;
ſome derive this from Mary's bones, 1. e. the bones bent
in honour of the Virgin Mary, but this ſeems rather far
fetched ; marrow bones and cleavers, principal inſtruments
in the band of rough muſick; theſe are generally per-
formed on by butchers, on marriages, elections, riding
ſkimmington, and other public, or joyous occaſions.

MARTINET, a military term for a ſtrict diſciplinarian,
from the name of a French general, famous for reſtoring
military diſcipline to the French army.

Masox's MAWND, a ſham ſore above the elbow, to coun-
terfeit a broken arm, by a fall from a ſcaffold,

MASTER OF THE ROLLS, a baker.

MAULED, extremely drunk, or loundly beaten,

MawnpDixG, aſking, or begging, (cant)

MAUNDERING BROTH, ſcolding.

MAuUDLIN DRUNK, crying drunk, perhaps from Mary
Magdalene, called maudlin, who is always painted in
rears,

MEALY MOUTHED, over modeſt, or backward in ſpeech,

MEDLAR, a fruit, yulgarly called an open a—ſe, of which
it is more truly than delicately ſaid, that unleſs it is as
rotten as a t—d, it is not worth a f—t, |

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MErGcs, guineas; (cant) we forked the rum cull's meggs
to the tune of fifty, we picked the gentleman's pockets of
full fifty gvineas, |

MErL.ow, almoſt drunk.

MELT, to ſpend; (cant) will you melt a borde, will you
ſpend a ſhilling ; the cull melted a couple of decuſſes upon
us, the gentleman ſpent a couple of crowns upon us.

MEMBER MUG, a chamber pot.

MERRY ANDREW, or MR. MERRYMAN, the jack pud-
ding, jeſter, or zany of a moyntebank, uſually dreſſed in a
party coloured coat,

MERRY BEGOTTEN, a baſtard,

MESSMATE, one who eats at the ſame meſs, companion, gr
camerade. | :

MEes8Joun, a Scotch Preſbyterian teacher or parſon.

METTLESOME, bold couragious.

METTLE, the ſemen ; to fetch mettle, the act of ſelf pol-
lution, |

MiDSHIPMAN's WATCH AND CHAIN, a ſheep's heart
and pluck. |

Nilcu cow, one who is eafily tricked out of his property;
a term uſed by gaolers, for priſoners who have money and
bleed freely. |

MiIIk THE PIDGEON, to endeayour at impoſſibilities.

M1LL, to rob, alſo to beat, or kill; to mill a bleating cheat,
to kill a ſheep; to mill a ken, to rob a houſe,

MILL DOLL, to beat hemp in bridewell,

MILLER, a murderer, |

Ming uNCLE's, a pawnbroker's ſhop, alſo a neceſſary
houſe ; carried to mine uncle's, pawned ; new married
men are alſo ſaid to go to their uncle, when they leave
their wives ſoon after the honey moon.

Mix1k1x, a little man or woman, alſo the ſmalleſt fort
of pin,

MixT, gold, a mint of money, common phraſe for a
large ſum. - |

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Mts, a ſhirt, ſmock, or ſheet, (cant)
MrsH TOPPER, a coat, or petticoat.
Miss, a miſs or kept miſtrelis, a harlot.

MirE, a nick name for a cheeſemonger, from the ſmall

inſect of that name found in cheeſe.

M1x-METTLE, a filver ſmith.

MoaB1TESs, bailiffs, or philiſtines.

Mos, or MAB, a wench, or harlot.

1 0TAIR, a man in the civil line, a townſman, or tradeſ-
man, a military term, from the mohair buttons worn by
perſons of tavic deſcriptions, or any others not in the
army; the buttons of military men being always of metal;
this is generally uſed as a term of contempt, meaning a-
uyrgeois, tradeſman, or mechaulck.

Mori, a whore,

MoLLy, a miis Molly, an efferninate fellow, a ſodomite.
VJOLL THOMPSON's MARK, M. I'. 1. e. empty; take
away this bottle, it bas Moll T Lomplon's mark upon it.

Mor, a girl's private parts, commonly app! lied 10 little

luden, as, take care miſs, or you will ſhew your money.

MoNcRrEr, a hanger on among cheats, a ſpunger; allo,a
child, whole father and mother are of different countries,

MoxKeEy, to ſuck the monkey, to ſuck, or draw wine, or
any other liquor privately out of a caſk, by means of
a ſtraw, or ſmall tube; moakey's Allowance, more kicks
than halfpence.

MorsQUEEZER, a maid ſervant, particularly a houte
maid,

Moevsts, the mopuſſes, money.

MoowsHiINe, a matter, or moutliful of moonſhine, a trifle,
nothing; the white brandy ſmuggled on the coaſts of Kent
and Suſſex, is alſo called moonſhine.

Moon CURSER, a link boy, (cant) link boys are al to
curſe the moon, becauſe it renders their aſſiſtance unne-
ceſſary: theſe gentry frequently under colour of lighting

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Moon MEN, gypſies.
Moon EYED HEN, a ſquinting wench,

MopsEx, a dowdy, or homely woman.

MopEp, ſtupid, melancholly for want of ſociety.

MoRGLAG, a brown bill, or kind of halbert, formerly care.
ricd by watchmen, corruption of more great, or broad,
and glave blade,

Monks, come morris off, dance off, or get you gone, al-
juſion to morris, 1. e. moriſco, or mooriſn dancing.

Mor, a woman, or wench, alſo a yeoman's daughter to
be taken all-a-mort, to be confounded or ſurprized, mo-
tionleſs through fear.

Mor, a girl, or wench. See mort.

MoTHER, or THE MOTHER, a bawd; mother abbeſs,
the ſame; mother midnight, a midwife 5 a mother in law's
bit, a ſmall piece, mothers in law being ſuppoſed not apt
to overload the ſtomachs of their huſband's children.
MovenhErs, ſmall patches worn by ladies, from the French
word mouches.

MovEABLEs, rings, watches, or any toys of value.
MovsETRAP, the parſon's mouſetrap, the ſtate of ma-
trimony. |

MovuTn, a noiſy fellow; mouth half cock'd, one gaping
and ſtaring at every thing he ſees.

Mow, to mow, a Scotch word for the act of copulation.

MowER, a cow. |

Mvucx, money, alſo dung,

MucxwoRM, a miſer.

MucK1nDER, a child's handkerchief tied to the fide,

Mup LARK, a hog.

Morr, the private parts of a woman; to the well wearing
of your muff, mort ; to the happy conſummation of your
marriage, girl, a health,

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MurerinG CHEAT, a napkin,

MuGcLEToONIANs, the ſect or diſciples of Lodowick
Muggleton.

Mork 10 Rugs, ſick of the mulligrubs, with eating chopped
hay, low ſpirited, an imaginary ſickneſs.

Mon, an interjeQion directing filence ; mum for that, I
hall be ſilent as to that; you fit like mumchance who was
hanged for ſaying nothing, a friendly reproach to any one

who ſeems low ſpirited and ſilent.
Mum GcLAss, the monument erected on Fiſh-ſtreet hill,

London, in memory of the great tire in 1666.
MumMMER, the mouth.

MuMPERS, originally beggars of the genteel kind, but ſince

uſed for beygars in general.
MuMPERS HALL, alehouſe where beggars are harboured.

MUMBLE A SPARROW, a gambol practiſed at wakes and
fairs, in the following manner: a cock ſparrow whoſe

wings are clipped, is put into the crown of a hat, a man

having his arms tied behind him, attempts to bite off the
ſparrow's head, but is generally obliged to deſiſt, by the
many pecks and pinches he receives from the enraged
bird.

Muxs, the face, or rather the mouth, from the German
word mund, the mouth; toute his muns, look at his
face. | |

Munpvuncvs, bad, or rank tobacco.

Mostek, the watch word among highwaymen, figni-
fying the perſon is a friend, and muſt paſs unmoleſted;
muſick is alſo an Iriſh term, in toſſing up, to expreſs the
harp fide, or reverſe of a farthing, or haifpenny, oppoſed
to the head,

MuNnsSTER PLUMBs, potatoes, (Iriſb)

Murs, an undertaker's ſervant, who ſtands at the door of a

perſon lying in ſtate ; ſo named from being ſuppoſed mute

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MuZzZLE, a beard,
MyNT. See mint.
MyYzMiDoNs, the conſtable's aſſiſtants, watchmen, &c,

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N AB, a hat; penthouſe nab, a large hat. 5
Nas, to ſeize, or catch unawares; to nab the teaze,
to be privately whipped ; to nab the ſtoop, to ſtand in

the pillory ; to nab the ruſt, a jockey term for a horſe that
becomes reſtive.

NAB GIRDER, Or NOB GIRDER, a bridle.

Nack, to have a nack, to be ready at any thing, to have a
turn for it. |

NACKY, ingenious.

NAILED, ' ſecured, fixed; he offered me a decus and I
nailed him, he offered me a crown and I ſtruck or fixed
him. | ü 5

NANNY HOUSE, a brothel.

NAPPY ALE, ſtrong ale.

Nay, to cheat at dice by ſecuring one chance, alſo to
catch the venereal diſeaſe ; you have napt it, you are in-
fected; napping, to take any one napping, i. e. to come
upon him unexpectedly, to find him aſleep; he caught
him napping as morſe caught his mare.

NAPPER, the head ; alſo a cheat or thief,

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NappR or NAPS, a ſheep ſtealer, (cant)

Nask ox NasKiN, a priſon or bridewell; the new
naſk, Clerkenwell bridewell; Tothill-fields naſk, the
bridewell at Tothill-fields, (cant)

NAT10N, an abbreviation of damnation, a vulgar term uſed
in Kent, Suſſex, and the adjacent countries, for very;
nation good, very good; a nation long way, a very long
Way. | | :

NaTuRAL, a miſtreſs, a child; alſo an idiot; a natural
ſon or daughter, a love begditen, or merry begotten child;

a baſtard,
NATTY LADs, young thieves or pickpockets, (cant)
Naw yosT, Mr. Nawpoſt, a fooliſh fellow.

Nay woRD, a bye word, a proverb.

NA z IE, drunken; nazie cove or mort, a drunken rogue or
harlot ; nazie nabs, drunken coxcombs.

NEB or NIB, the bill of a bird, the flit of a pen, and
figuratively the face and mouth of a woman; ſhe holds
up her neb, ſhe holds up her mouth to be kiſſed,

NEck STAMPER, the boy who collects the pots belong-
ing to an ale-houſe, ſent out with beer to private houſes.
Neck vERsE, formerly the perſons claiming the benefit of
clergy were obliged to read a veric in a Latin manuſcript
pſalter, this ſaving them from the gallows was termed
their neck verſe. It was the firſt ve:ic of the fifty firſt

pſalm, Miſcrere mei, &c.

NEEDLE POINT, a ſharper.

NETTLED, teized, provoked out of temper; he or ſhe has
piſſed on a. nettle, ſaid of one who is peeviſh or out of
temper. |
NEGROE, a black-a-moor, figuratively uſed for a ſlave; I'!!
be no man's negroe, I will be no man's ſlave. |
NEw COLLEGE STUDENTS, golden ſcholars, fa ver batche-

lors, and leaden maſters.

Nicx, to nick, to win at dice; to hit the mark juſt in
the nick of time, juſt at the critical moment.

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Nioekxacks, toys, bawbles, or curioſities,

NIiCKNACKATORY, a toy ſhop,

N1ck NAME, a name given in ridicule or contempt from
the French nom de nique. Nique is a movement of the
head to mark a contempt for any perſon or thing,

Nick NINNY, a ſimpleton.

N1CKUMPOOP, or NINCUMPOOP, a fooliſh fellow; alſo
one who never ſaw his wife's ***.

NIFFYNAFFY FELLOW, a trifler,

N16, the clippings of money; nigging, clipping; nigler,
a clipper, (cant)

N1GLING, cutting awkwardly, trifling ; alſo accompany-
ing with a woman,

NIGHT MAGISTRATE, a conſtable.

N1GHTMAN, one whoſe buſineſs it is to empty neceſfary
houſes in London, which 1s always done in the night, the
operation is called a wedding, See wedding.

N1G1T, a fool, ſeemingly a corruption and contraction of
the words an idiot.

N1GMENOG, a very lilly fellow.

N1cKiNn, NIKEY or NIZEY, a ſoft ſimple fellow; alſo a

diminutive of Iſaac.
nim a ſteal a cloak.

NIMGIMMER, a phyſician or ſurgeon.

N1NNY, or NINNYHAMMER, a ſimpleton.

Nir, a cheat; bung nipper, a cut purſe.

N1P CHEESE, a nick name for the purſer of a ſhip, from
thoſe gentlemen being ſuppoſed ſometimes to nip, or di-
miniſh the allowance of the ſeamen, in that and every
other article, It alſo 1s applied to ſtingy perſons in
general,

N1PPERKIN, a ſmall meaſure,

Nirrs, the ſhears uſed in clipping money.

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Nockx, nocky boy, a dull ſimple fellow.
NoppLE, the head.

Noppv, a ſimpleton or fool; alſo a kind of buggy or one
horſe chaiſe, with a ſeat before it for a driver, uſed in and

about Dublin in the manner of a hackney coach; the fare is

Juſt half that of a coach for: the ſame diſtance, ſo that for
fix-pence one may have a ſet down, as it is called, of a
mile and a half, and frequently a tumble down into the
bargain, It 1s called a noddy from the nutation of its
head. |

NoKXKes, a ninny, or fool; John-a-Nokes and Tom-a-Stiles,

two honeſt peaceable gentlemen, repeatedly ſet together

by the cars by lawyers of different denominations, 'T'wo
ſictitious names commonly uſed in law proceedings.

NoLL, old Noll, Oliver Cromwell.

Nor- co, a nonconformiſt, a preſbyterian or any other
diſſenter. | | |

Nor- sven, one that is unequalled ; frequently applied
ironically, 3

Noozp, married, hanged.

Nopr, a blow, I took him a nope on the coſtard.

NoxrFOLK CAPON, a red herring.

NoRFoOLK DUMPLING, a nick name or term of jocular re-

proach to a Norfolk man, dumplings being a favourite

food in that country.

Norway NECKLOTH, the pillory, uſually made of Nor-

way fir.

NosE GENT, a nun; as plain as the noſe on your face,

evidently to be ſeen; he is led by the noſe, he is governed;
to follow one's noſe, to go ſtraight forward ; to put one's
noſe out of joint, to rival one in the favor of any perſon;

to make a bridge of any one's noſe, to paſs by him in

drinking; to noſe a ſtink, to ſmell it; to noſe alſo ſignifies
to bully. | :
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NosTRUM, a medicine prepared by particular perſons only,
a quack medicine.

Noro, the private parts of a woman.

NoZzZLE, the noſe of a man or woman.

Noz, the neck, alſo coition.

NUBBING, hanging; nubbing cheat, the allows} nub-
bing cove, the hangman; nubbing ken, the Seſſions
houſe.

NuGs, an endearing word; my dear ove, my dear love.

NUGGING DRESS) an out of the way old faſhioned
dreſs. |

NULL, to beat; he nulled-him heartily.

Nouus, a ſham collar, to be worn over a dirty ſhirt, *

NUMBERS, to conſult the book of numbers, a term uſed
in the Houſe of Commons, when inſtead of anſwering or
confuting a prefling argument, the miniſter calls for a
diviſion, i. e. puts the matter to the vote, |

NUMBSCULL, a ſtupid fellow.

NUNNERY, a bawdy houſe.

NuPsON, a cully, a fool,

NuRsE, to cheat; they nurſed him out of it; an \ eftate i in
the hands of truſtees for the payment of debts, is alſo ſaid
to be at nurſe. |

NUTCRACKERS, the pillory ; the cull peeped through the
nutcrackers,

Nos, it was nuts for them, i. e. it was very agreeable to
them. | .

NuTMEGs, teſticles,

NYPPER, a cut purſe, ſo called by one Wotton, who 1n
the year 1585, kept an academy for the education and per-
fection of pick-pockets and cut purſes ; his ſchool was near
Billinſgate, London. As in the dreſs of ancient times
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loſt, though the name remains. Maitland from Stow

gives the following account of this Wotton : „this man

was a gentleman born, and ſometime a merchant of good

credit, but fallen by time into decay; he kept an alehouſe

near Smart's key, near Billinſgate, afterwards for ſome

miſdemeanor put down. He reared up a new trade of |
life, and in the ſame houſe he procurcd all the cut purſes

about the city, to repair to his houſe, there was a {ſchool

houſe ſet up to learn young boys to cut purſes : two devices

were hung up, one was a pocket, and another was a purſe,

the pocket had in it certain counters, and was hung about

with hawks bells, and over the top did hang a little ſacring
bell. The purſe had filver in it, and he that could take
out a counter, without noiſe of any of the bells, was ad-
judged a judicial nypper, according to their terms of art;
a foyſter was a pickpocke t; a nypper was a pick purſe, or
cut purſe.

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AF, a ſilly fellow; oafiſh, ſimple,

Oak, a rich man, a man of good ſubſtance and
credit; to ſport oak, to ſhut the outward door of a ſtudent's
room at college; an oaken towel, an oaken cudgel; to
rub a man down with an oaken towel, to beat him.

OarTs, he has ſowed his wild oats, he is ſaid, or ſober,

having left off his wild tricks,

Oar,

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Oar, to put in one's oar, to intermeddle, or give an
opinion unaſked; to be ſure, you muſt put in your oar.
O BE JOYFULL, I'll make you fing O be joyful, with or
on the other fide of your mouth, a threat, implying the

party threatened will be made to cry,

Opp's PLUT AND HER NAILS, a Welch oath, frequently
mentioned 1n a jocular manner, by perſons (it his hoped)
ignorant of its meaning, which is, by God's blood, and

the nails with which he was nailed to the croſs.

OGLEs, eyes, rum ogles, fine eyes.

OLD ONE, the devil.

OLD NICK, the devil. The following ludicrous reaſon is

given for this appellation, and that of old ſcratch : the |

angel firſt employed in forming women, had forgot to cut
their parts of generation, which the devil undertook to do
by the following contrivance, he placed himſelf in a kind
of ſawpit, with a ſcythe fixed to a ſtick, in his hand, and
directed the women to ſtraddle over it; the pit being too
deep for the length of his inſtrument, he gave the tall
women only a moderate ſcratch, but the little women by
the ſhortneſs of their legs coming more within his reach,
he maliciouſly gave them + monſtrous gaſhes, or nicks,
whence he was called old ſcratch, and old nick.

OLD pos AT ix, expert, accuſtomed.

OLD HARRY, a compoſition uſed by vintners to adulterate
their wines, alſo a nick name for the devil.

OLD PEGG, poor Yorkſhire cheeſe,

OLD MR, GORY, a piece of gold.

OLD ROGER, the devil.

OLD rost, a briſk old fellow, (cant)

OLD HAND, knowing, or expert in any buſineſs.
OLivER's SCULL, a chamber pot.

OLLI coMPOLLI, the name of one of the principal rogues
of the canting crew, (cant)

OMxiuM GATHERUM, the whole together, jocular immi-
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OxE or vs, one of my couſins, a woman of the town,

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OrEN ARSE, a medlar. See medlar.

ORGAN, a pipe; will you cock your organ, will you {moke
your pipe.

Oschliyxs, bone handled kniyes, (cant)

OsTLER, i. e. oatſtealer.

Or ron, the vulgar word for a ſkeleton ; to be ottomiſed,

to be diflefted ; you'll be ſcragged, ottomiſed, and grin in
a glaſs cafe, you'll be hanged, anatomiſed, and your {kele-
ton kept in a glaſs caſe.

OvEx, a great mouth; the old woman would never have
looked for her daughter in the oven, had ſhe not been
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OVveERSEER, a man ſtanding in the pillory, is from his ele-
vated ſituation, ſaid to be made an overicer.

Our AT HEELS, or OUT AT ELBOWS, in declining Cit»
cumſtances. |

OUT RUN THE CONSTABLE, a man who has lived above
his means, or income, 1s faid to have out run the con-
ſtable. 3

Ours, a gentleman of three outs. Sce gentleman.

Ow., to catch the owl, a trick practiſed on ignorant
country boobies, who are decoyed into a barn under pre-
tence of catching an owl, where after diverſe preliminaries,
the joke ends in their haying a pail of water poured upon
their heads.

OwrrRs, thoſe who ſmuggle wool over to France.

Ox #1ovse, he muſt go through the ox houſe to bed, ſaying
of an old fellow who marries a young girl.

O:r, OF BARLEY, barley broth, ſtrong beer.

Oil or GLADNEss, I will anoint you with the oil of
gladneſs, ironically ſpoken for, 1 will beat you.

OYSTER, a gob of thick phlegm, ſpit by a conſumptive man,
unum viridum gobbum, (lau Latin)

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Pap, the highway, alſo a robber thereon ; foot pads,
foot robbers; to go out upon the pad, to go out in order
to commit a robbery.

PADDINGTON FAIR DAY, an execution day, tyburn being
in the pariſh, or neighbourhood of Paddington; to dance
the Paddington friſk, to be hanged.

PID BORROWERS, horſe ſtealers.

PAINTER, I'll cut your painter for you, I' fend you of,
the painter being the rope that holds the boat faſt to the
ihip, (ſea term)

PALLAVER, to flatter, originally an African word for a
treaty, talk, or conference. |

PALLIARDS, are thoſe whoſe fathers were clapperdogeons,
or beggars born, and who them themſelves follow the
fame trade; the female fort beg with a number of chil-

dren, borrowing them if they have not a ſufficient numver

of their own, and making them cry by pinching, in order
to excite charity: the males make artificial fores on dif-
terent parts of their bodies, to move compaſſion.

Pam, the knave of clubs,

PANNAM, bread.

PANTER, a hart, that animal is, in the pſalms, faid to
Pant after the freſh water brooks, (cant)

PANTILE HOUSE, a Preſbyterian, or other diffenting

meeting houſe, frequently covered with panules, called allo
2 cock pit.

PAN TLER, a butler.
PAPER $SCULL, a thin ſcull'd fooliſh fellow.
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PARELL, whites of eggs, bay ſalt, milk and pump water,
beat together and poured into a veſſel of wine to pre-
vent its fretting.

PARISH SOLDIER, a jeering name for a militia man, from
ſubſtitutes being frequently hired by the pariſh, from
which one of its inhabitants is drawn,

PARsOx, a guide poſt, hand or finger poſt by the road fide
for directing travellers; compared to a pariſon, becauſe
like him it ſets people in the right way. See guide poſt,

PARSON PALMER, a jocular name or term of reproach,
to one wiio ſtops the circulation of the glaſs by preaching
over his liquor, as it is ſaid was done by a parton of that
name, whoſe cellar was under his pulpit,

PAss ACE, a camp game with three dice, doublets making
up ten or more to paſs or win, any other chances loſe.

PAs$8-BANK, the ſtock or fund thereto belonging; alto the
playing place cut into the ground almoſt like a ry pit.

PAT, appoſite, or to the purpoſe,

PATE, the head; carrotty pated, red haired.

PATTERING, the maundering or pert replies of ſervants;
pattering of prayers, the confuſed ſound of a number of
perſons praying together ; alſo talk or pallaver 1n order to
amule one intended to be cheated,

PaTRIcCo, or PATER COYE, the fifteenth rank of the
canting tribe; ſtrolling prieſts that marry people under
a hedge without goſpel or common prayer book, the couple
ſtanding on each fide of a dead beaſt, are bid to live together
till death them does part; ſo ſhaking hands, the wedding
is ended. Alſo any miniſter or parſon.

PavuME, to conceal in the hand; to paume a die, to hide
a dye in the palm of the hand; he paums, he cheats; don't
pretend to paum that upon me.

Paw, a hand or foot; look at his dirty paws. To paw,
to touch or handle clumfily ; fore paw, the hand; hind
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PAuNCH, the belly; ſome think paunch was the original
name of that facetious prince of puppets now called Mr.
Punch, as he 1s always repreſented with a very prominent
belly, though the common opimion 1s, that both the
name and character were taken from a celebrated Italian
comedian called Polichenello.

Pay, to ſmear over; to pay the bottom of a ſhip or boat,
to ſmear it over with pitch, (/ea term) alſo to beat; I will
pay you as Paul paid the Epheſians, over face and eyes,

and all your d—d jaws; to pay away, to fight manfully;

alſo to eat voraciouily ; to pay through the noſe, to pay
an extravagant price.

PrAacn, to impeach; called alſo to blow the gab, ſqueak,
or turn ftag,

PEAK, any kind of lace.

PEck, victuals; peck and booze, victuals and drink;
peckiſh, hungry.

PrevL1an,. a miſtreſs.

PEC CAI, to cry peccavi; to acknowledge oneſelf in an
error, to own a fault; from the Latin, peccavi, I have
ſinned.

Pp, a baſket, (cant)

PEDLAR's FRENCH, the cant language; pedlar's pony,
a walking ſtick,

PEEL, to ſtrip, alluſion to the taking off the coat or rind
of an orange or apple.

PEEPERS, eyes; fingle peeper, a one eyed man.

PEEPER, a ſpying glaſs ; and alſo a looking glaſs, (cant);
track up the dancers and pike with the pceper, whip up
ſtairs and run off with the looking glaſs.

PEEPY, drowzy.

PEER, to peer, to look about, to be circumſpect ; peery,
inquiſitive, ſuſpicious; the culls peery, that fellow ſuſ-
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PELL-MELL, tumultuouſly ; helter ſkelter, jumbled toge-
ther. | | |

PELT, a heat, chafe or paſſion, what a pelt he was in;
pelt is alſo the ſkin of ſeveral beaſts.

PENANCE BOARD, the pillory.

PExxNYWORTH, an equivalent; a good pennyworth, cheap;
penny wiſe and pound fooliſh, ſaving in ſmall matters,
and extravagant in great.

PENTHOUSE NAB, a broad brim'd hat.

PEPPERED, infected with the venereal diſeaſe.

PEPPERY, warm, paſſionate,

PERRIWINKLE, a Wig,

PERKIN, water cyder, |
PET, in a pet, in a paſſion, or miff ; pettiſh, paſſionate,

PEETER, a portmanteau or cloke bag; biter of peeters,
one that makes it a trade to ſteal boxes and trunks from
behind ſtage coaches or out of waggons. |
PETER LUG, who is Peter Lug, who lets. the glaſs ſtand

at his door, or before him.

PETTYCOAT PENSIONER, one kept by a woman for ſecret
ſervices,

PETTYCOAT HOLD, one who Ims an eſtate during his
wife's life, called the apron firing hold. |

PHaRoaAnH, ſtrong malt liquor, |

PHOENIX MEN, firemen belonging to an inſurance office
which gave a badge charged with a phoenix ; theſe men
were called likewiſe firedrakes.

PHILISTINES, bailiffs, or offices of juſtice ; alſo drunk-
ards.

PHYZ, the face; rum phyz, an odd face or countenance,
PICKING, pilfering; petty larceny,

P1C.AROON, a pirate; alſo a ſharper.

PICKLE, an arch waggiſh fellow ; in pickle, or in the
pickling tub, in a ſaliyation ; there arc rods in brine, or

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pickle for him, a puniſhment awaits him, or is prepared
for him; pickle herring, the zany or merry Andrew of a
mountebank. See Jack Pudden.

P1CKTHANK, a tale bearer, or miſchief maker,

PICKT HATCH, to go to the manor of pickt hatch, a
cant name for ſome part of the town noted for bawdy
houſes in Shakeſpeare's time, and uſed by him in that
ſenſe.

P1cKANINY, a young child, an infant, negroe term.

PICTURE FRAME, the ſheriff's picture frame, the gallows,
or pillory.

PIGEON, a weak filly fellow eaſily impoſed on; to pi-
gon, to cheat; to milk the pigeon, to attempt impoſſ=
bilities, to be put to ſhifts for want of money; to fly a
blue pigeon, to ſteal lead off a church.

Pio, fixpence ; a ſow's baby; pig-widgeon, a ſimpleton;
to pig together, to lye or ſleep together, two or more in
a bed; to buy a pig in a poke, to purchaſe any
thing without ſeeing it; pigs eyes, ſmall eyes; pigſnyes,
the ſame, a vulgar term of endearment to a woman;
boil'd pig, he can have boil'd pig at home, a mark of be-
ing maſter of his own houſe, an alluſion to a well known
poem and ſtory.

Pio RUNNING, a piece of game frequently practiſed at
fairs, wakes, &c. a large pig, whoſe tail is cut ſhort, and
both ſoaped and greaſed, being turned out, is hunted by
the young men and boys, and becomes the property of
him who can catch him and hold him by the tail, above the
height of his head. |

PikE, to run away; pike off, run away.

PILL, or PEELE GARLICK, ſaid originally to mean one
whoſe ſkin or hair had fallen off from ſome diſeaſe, chiefly
the venereal one, but now commonly uſed by perſons
ſpeaking of themſelves, as there ſtood poor pill garlick,

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PILL AI oo, the Iriſh cry or howl at ſunerals.

PiLGRIMSs SALVE, a ſirreverence, human excrement.

Piu, a male procurer, or cock bawd ; alſo a ſmall faggot
uſed about London for lighting fires, named from intro—
ducing the ſire to the coals. |
PiMe WHISKIN, a top trader in pimping.

Pix BASKET, the youngeſt child.

Pixch, to ſteal money under pretence of getting change
for cold ; to pinch on the parſon's fide, to defraud the
parſon of his tythes; at a pinch, on an exigency.

Pix, in or to a merry pin, almoſt drunk, an alluſion to a
fort of tankard, formerly uſed in the north, having ſilver
pegs or pins ſet at equal diſtances from the top to the bot-
tom: by the rules of good fellowſhip, every perſon
drinking out of one of theſe tankards was to ſwallow the
quantity contained between two pins, if he drank more or
leſs, he was to continue drinking till he ended at a pin, by
this means perſons unaccuſtomed to meaſure their draughts
were obliged to drink the whole tankard. Hence when a
perion was a little elevated with liquor, he was ſaid to have
drank to a merry pin, |

Pixx, to ſtab or wound with a ſmall ſword, probably derived
from the holes formerly cut in both men and womens

clothes, called pinking; pink of the ſaſhion, the top of
the mode; to pink and wink, frequently winking with
the eyes through a weakneſs in them.

PIiNTLE $MITH, a ſurgeon,

P1XK-1NG-DINDEE, a ſweater or mohawk, (Iriſb)
PIN MONEY, an allowance ſettled on a. married woman for
her pocket expences.

Piyrr, a broken winded horſe.

Piss, he will pits when he can't whiſtle, he will be hanged ;

pifſs maker, a great drinker,

PITCHER, the miraculous pitcher that holds water with
the mouth downwards, a woman's commodity.

PIT, to lay pit and boxes into one, an operation in mid-

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is cut through and demoliſhed; a ſimile borrowed from
the play houſe, when for the benefit of ſome favorite
player the pit and boxes are laid together; the pit is alſo
the hole under the gallows, where poor rogues unable to pay
the fees are buricd ; pit-a-pat, the palpitation of the heart,
my heart went pit-a-pat ; pintledy pantledy, the tame,

PLAISTER OF WARM GUTS, one warm belly clapped to an-
other, a receipt frequently preſcribed for different diſorders.

PLANT, to lay, place, or hide; plant your wits and ſtow
them, be careful what you ſay, or let thp ; allo to bury ;
he was planted by the parſon.

PLATE, money, filver, prize; he is in for the plate, he has
won the Heat, i. e. is infected with the venereal diforder,
a ſimile drawn from horſe racing; when the plate fleet
comes in, when money comes to hand.

PLATTER FACED, broad faced.

PLay, to play booty, to play with an intention to lol
to play the whole game, to cheat; to play leaſt in fight,
to hide, or keep out of the way; to play the devil, to be
guilty of ſome great irregularity, or miſmanagement,

Pr.uck, courage; he wants pluck, he is a coward ; againſt
the pluck, againſt the inclination 3 pluck the ribbon, ring
the bell; to pluck a crow with one, to ſettle a ditpute,
to reprove one for ſome, paſt tranſgreſſion; to pluck a roſe,
an expreſſion ſaid to be uſed by women, for going to the
neceſſary houſe, which in the country uſually ſtands in
the garden.

PLUG TAIL, a man's penis.

PLUMB, an hundred thouſand pounds.

PLu ur, fat, full, fleſhy ; plumpers, contrivances ſaid to be
formerly worn by old maids, for filling out a pair of
ſhrivel'd cheeks ; plump in the pocket, full in the pocket ;
to plump, to ſtrike, or jhoot ; I'll give you a plump in the
bread baſket, or the victualling office, I'll give you a blow
in the ſtomach ; plump his peepers, or daylights, give him

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him, he drew out his piſtols and ſhot him; a plumper, a
ſingle vote at an election; plump, alſo means directly, or
exactly; it fell plump upon him, it fell directly upon him.

PLYER, a crutch, alſo a trader.

Pocy, drunk.

PoKER, a ſword ; fore pokers, aces and kings at cards,

PoL1sH, to poliſh the king's iron with one's eyebrows, to
be in gaol, and look through the iron grated windows.

Por, the head, jolly nob, napper, or knowledge box.

Por, a blow, lend him a polt in the muns, lend him a
knock in the face. |

PoMPAGINIs, aqua pompaginis, pump water. See aqua,

PoMMEL, to beat, originally confined to beating with the
hilt of a ſword, the nob being from its ſimilarity to a
ſmall apple, called pomelle, in Spaniſh it is {till called the
apple of the ſword, as the clenched firſt, likewiſe ſome-
what reſembles an apple, perhaps that might occaſion the
term pomelling, to be applied to ſiſtycuffs.

PoMPKIN, a man or woman of Boſton, in America, from
the nuinber of pompkins raiſed and eaten by the people
of that country; Pompkinſhire, Boſton, and its depen-
dencies.

PoxNTI1vs PILATE, a pawnbroker ; pontius pilate's guards,
the firſt regiment of foot, or royal Scotch, ſo entitled from
their ſuppoſed great antiquity ; pontius pilate's counſellor,
one who like him can ſay, non invenio cauſam, I can find
no cauſe. „ |

Pops, piſtols; pop ſhop, a pawnbroker's ſhop; to pop, to

pawn, alſo to ſhoot; I popt my tatler, 1 pawned my

watch ; I popt the cull, I thot the man,
PorLERs, pottage, (cant)
PoORKER, a hog, a jew.

PORRIDGE ISLAND, an alley leading from St. Martin's

church-yard, to Round-court, chiefly inhabited by cooks,

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PosT NOINTER, a houſe painter, who occaſionally paints or
anoints poſts; knight of the poſt, a falſe evidence, one
ready to wear any thing for hire; from poſt to pillar,

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PosT MASTER GENERAL, the prime miniſter, who has
the patronage of all poſts and places.

PosSTILLION OF THE GOSPEL, a perſon who hurries over
the ſervice.

POT CONVERTS, proſelytes to the Romiſh church, made
by the diſtribution of victuals and money.

POT HUNTER, one who hunts more for the ſake of the
prey, than the ſport; pot valliant, courageous from
drink ; pot wallopers, perſons entitled to vote in certain
boroughs, by having boiled a pot there.

PoTHOOKS AND HANGERS, a ſcrawl, bad writing; the
pot calls the kettle black a—ſe, one rogue exclaims againſt
another.

PorATO TRAP, the mouth; ſhut your potato trap, and
give your tongue a holiday, i. e. be filent.

POUND, a priſon. See lob's pound. Pounded, impriſoned;
ſhut up in the parſon's pound, married.

PoULAIN, a bubo, ( French)

PowDER MONKEY, a boy on board a {hip of war, whoſe
bufineſs it is to fetch powder from the magazine.

PowDERING TUB, the fame as pickling tub. See pick-
ling tub.

PofsoN ED, big with child; that wench 1s poiſoned, ſee
how her belly is ſwelled; poiſon pate, red hair'd.

PRANCER, a horſe; prancer's nab, a horſe's head, uſed as
a ſeal to a counterfeit paſs; at the ſign of the prancer's
poll, i. e. the nag's head, |

PRATING CHEAT, the tongue.

PRATE ROAST, a t2lkative boy, (cant)

PrATTs, buttocks, alſo a tinder box, (cant)

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PraTTLING Box, the pulpit.

Px Ax, fhe prays with her knees upwards, ſaid of a woman
much given to gallantry and intrigue.

PrEyY, money.

PRICK, the virile member; a prick car'd fellow, one whoſe
ears are longer than his hair, an appellation frequently
given to puritans, who confidered long hair as the mark
of the whore of Babylon.

PRICKLOUSE, a taylor.

PRIEST RAF r, the art of awing the laity, managing
their conſciences, and diving into their pockets.

PRIEST LINKED, married.

PRIEST RIDDEN, governed by a prieſt, or prieſts.

PRIO, a thief, a cheat, alſo a conceited coxcomical fellow.

PRIGSTAR, a rival in love,

PRIG NAPPER, a thief taker,

PRIGGERS, thieves in general; priggers of prancers, horſe
ſtealers ; priggers of cacklers, robbers of hen rooſts.

Pr1GGI1NG, riding, alſo lying with a woman.

PRINCE PRIG, a king of the gypſies, alſo the head thief,
or receiver general.

PRIxNx cop, a pincuſhion, (Scotch) alſo a round plump man
or woman. |

PRixcox, a pert lively forward fellow.

PRINKING, drefſing over nicely ; prinked up as if he came
out of a bandbox, or tit to ſet upon a cupboard's head;
Mrs. Princum Prancum, a nice preciſe formal madam.

PRINT, all in print, quite neat, or exact, ſet, ſcrewed up;
quite in print, ſet in a formal manner.

PRISCIAN, to break Priſcian's head, to write, or ſpeak falſe
grammar. Priſcian was a famous grammarian, who flou-
rithed at Conſtantinople, in the year 525, and who was fo
devoted to his favourite ſtudy, that to {peak falſe Latin
in his company was as diſagrecable to him, as to break
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PRITTLE PRATTLE, nfignihennt talk, generally applied
to women and children.

Pro, proviſion; rum prog, choice proviſion; to prog,
to be on the hunt for proviſion, called in the military

term to forage.

PROPERTY, to make a property of any one; to make him
a conveniency, tool, or cat's paw, to uſe him as one's
own.

ProvD, deſirous of copulation; a proud bitch, a bitch at
heat, or deſirous of a dog.

PROVENDER, (cant) he from whom any money is taken on
the high-way, perhaps providor, or provider.

PRUNELLA, Mr. Prunella, a parſon, parſons gowns being
frequently made of prunella.

Pry, to pry, to examine minutely into a matter or buſineſs;
a prying fellow, a man of impertinent curioſity, apt to
peep and enquire into other men's ſecrets.

PUCKER WATER, water impregnated with allum, or other
aſtringents uſed by old experienced traders, to counterfeit
virginity,

PuppiNGs, the guts ;- P11 let out your puddings.

PUDDING SLEEVES, a parſon.

PuDDING HEADED FELLOW, a ſtupid fellow, one whoſe
brains are all in confuſion.

PUFF or PUFFER, one who bids at anions: not with an
intent to buy, but only to raiſe the price of the lot, for
which purpoſe many are hired by the proprietor of the
goods on ſale.

PurFiNnG, bidding at an auction as above, alſo —
any thing above its merits, from intereſted motives; the

art of puffing is at preſent greatly practiſed, and eſſentially
neceſſary, in all trades, profeſſions and callings; to puff
and blow, to be out of breath.

PUFF Gurs, a fat man.

Puc, a Dutch pug, a kind of lap dog, formerly much in
vogue; and alto a general name for a monkey.

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PULLY HAWLY, to have a game at Pully hawly, to romp
with women.

Pour, a thin ſhoe; to pump, to endeavour to draw a

ſecret from any one without his perceiving it; your pump
is good, but your ſucker is dry, ſaid by one to a'perſon
who is attempting to pump him; pumping was alſo a
puniſhment for bailiffs, who attempted to act in privi-
leged places, ſuch as the Mint, Temple, &c. it is alſo a
proce of diſcipline adminiſtered to a- pick-pocket caught
in the fact, when there is no pond at hand.

Puxcu, a liquor called by foreigners contradiction, from
its being compoſed of ſpirits, to 1 it ſtrong, water to
make it weak, lemon juice to make it ſour, and ſugar to
make it ſweet. Punch is alſo the name of the prince of
puppets, the chief wit and ſupport of a puppet ſhew ; to
punch it, 1s a cant term for running away ; punchable,
old paſſable money anno 1695; a gul that 1s ripe for
man is called a punchable wench.

PUNK, a little whore, alſo a ſoldier's trull. See trull.
Puxy, weak; a puny child, a weak little child; a puny
ſtomach ; puny or a puiſne judge, the laſt made judge.

PueiL MONGERsS, perſons at the univerſities, who make
it their buſineſs to inſtruct and ſuperintend a number of

pupils.

Popp x, an affected or conceited coxcomb.

PuRE, a harlot, or lady of eaſy virtue.

PUREST PURE, a courtezan of high faſhion,

PURBLI1ND, dim ted. |

PURL, ale in 1 wormwood has been infuſed.

PURL ROYAL, canary wine, with a daſh of tincture of
wormwood, |

PURSENETs, goods taken up at thrice their value by young
ſpendthrifts upon truft.

PURSE PROUD, one that is vain of his riches,

PursY or PURSIVE, ſhort breathed or foggy, from being

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Pur, a country put, an ignorant aukward clown; to put
upon any one, to attempt to impoſe on him; or to make
him the but of the company.

PUZZLE CAUSE, a Hye, who has a confuſed under-

ſtanding,
PUZZLE TEXT, an ignorant blundering parſon.

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in phyſic; a yender of noſtrums.

QUACKING CHEAT, a duck,
QUACK SALVER, a mountebank, a ſeller of ſalves.

QA, abbreviation of quagmire, marſhy, mooriſh ground.
QUAIL PIPE, a woman's tongue; allo a device to take
birds of that name, by imitating their call; quail pipe
boots, reſembling a quail pipe from the 8 of plaits,
they were much worn in the reign of Charles II.
QUAKERS, a religious fect.

QUAKING CHEAT, a calf or ſheep.

QuAnDARY, to be in a quandary, to be puzzled; alſo
one ſo overgorged as to be doubtful which he ſhould do
firſt, ſh—e or ſpew. Some derive the term quandary
from the French PR qu'en diraije, what ſhall ] lay
of 1t,

QUARREL PICKER, a glazier, from the ſmall ſquares in
euſements called carreaux, vulgarly quarrels.

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QuasH, to ſuppreis; annul or overthrow, vulgarly pro-
nounced iquaſh ; they ſquaſhed the indictment.

Qvexan, a flut; a worthleſs woman, a ſtrumpet.

QUEEN STREET, a man governed by his wife is ſaid to
live in Queen ſtreet, or at the ſign of the queen's head.
QUEER, or QUIRE, baſe, roguiſh, bad, naught, or worth-
leſs ; how queerly the cull touts, how roguiſhly the fel-

low looks, (cant) queer, it alſo means odd uncommon,

QUEER BA1L, inſolvent ſharpers who make a profeſſion of
bailing perſons arreſted, they are generally ſtiled Jew bail,
from that branch of buſineſs being chiefly carried on by the
ſons of Juda, the loweſt ſort of theſe who borrow or hire
clothes to appear in, are called mounters, from their mount-
ing particular dreſſes ſuitable to. the occaſion, (cant)

QUEER BIRDs, rogues relieved from priſon and returned
to their old trade,

QUEER BLUFFER, the maſter of a public-houſe, the re-
ſort of rogues and ſharpers; a cut throat inn, or alchouſe
keeper, | |

QUEER BIT MAKERS, coiners, (cant)

QUVEER BITCH, an odd out of the way fellow.

QQUEER BUNG, an empty purſe.

QUEER COLE MAKER, a maſter of bad money,

QUEER COLE FENCER, a putter off or utterer of bad
money.

(QUEER cov, a rogue, (cant)

QUEER CUFFIN, a juſtice of the peace; alſo a churl.

QUEER DEGEN, an ordinary ſword, braſs or iron hilted.

QUEER KI1CK<, a bad pair of breeches.

QUEER NAB, a felt, or other bad hat.

QUEER PLUNGERS, cheats who throw themſelves into the
water in order that they may be taken up by ſome of their
accomplices, who carry them to one of the houſes ap-
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guinea each, and the ſuppoſed drowned perſon pretending
he was driven to that extremity by great neceſſity, is alſo

frequently ſent away with a contribution in his pocket.

QUEER PRANCER, a bad worn out foundered horſe, allo a
cowardly, or faint hearted horte ſtealer.

QUEER ROOSTER, an informer that pretends to be Beep.
ing, and thereby overhears the converſation of thieves in
night cellars.

To QUIBBLE, to make ſubtle diſtinctions, alſo to play
upon words,

Qu1DDbs, caſh, money; can you tip me any quidds, can
you lend me ſome money; a quid, the quantity of tobacco
put into the mouth at one time; to quid tobacco, to chew
tobacco, |

Qv1LL DRIVER, a clerk, ſcribe, or hackney writer.

QvipNnuNc, a pohtician, from a character of that name, in
the farce of the upholſterer.

Qu1yes, girds, taunts, jeſts.

Quixks AND QUILLETS, tricks and devices; quirks in
law, ſubtle diſtinctions and evaſions.

Qu1z, a ſtrange looking fellow, an odd dog.

Quop, Newgate, or any other priſon; the dab's in quod,
the poor rogue is in priſon.

Quyor a, ſnack, ſhare, part, proportion, or dividend, tip me
my quota, (cant) give me my part of the winnings, booty
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1. e. a Welch rare bit; rabbits were alſo a ſort of
wooden canns to drink out of, now out of ule.

RaBBIT SUCKERS, young ſpendthrifts, taking up goods
on truſt at great prices.

RABBIT CATCHER, a midwife,

Rack RENT, rent ſtrained to the utmoſt value; to lye at
rack and manger, to be in great diſorder.

RaFFs, an appellation given by the gownſmen of the uni-
verſity of Oxford to the inhabitants of that place.

R1FF RAFT, all ſorts of mobility.

Ras, a farthing,

RAG CARRIER, an enſign.

Ras FAIR, an inſpection of the linen and neceſſaries of
a company of ſoldiers, commonly made by their officers
on Mondays, or Saturdays.

RAGAMUPFF1N, a ragged fellow, one all 1n tatters, a tat-
terdemallion. |

RAG WATER, a common ſort of a dram.

Rainy DA, to lay up ſomething for a rainy day, to pro-
vide againſt a time of neceſſity, or diſtreſs,

RAKE, RAKEHELL, Or RAKESHAME, a lewd debauched
fellow.

RALPII SPOONER, a fool.

RAM CAT, a he cat.
Ramtsn, rank.

RAMSHACKLED, out of repair; a ramſhackled houſe, per-

haps a corruption of ranſacked, 1. e. plundered.

RANDLE, a ſet of nonſenſical .verſes, repeated in Ireland
by ſchool boys, and young people, who have been guilty
of breaking wind backwards, before any of their com-
panions, if they neglect this apology, they are liable to

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certain kicks, pinches, and fillips, which are accompanied
with diverſe admonitory couplets.

RANGEING, intriguing with a variety of women,

RANK, ſtinking, ramiſh, ill flavored, alſo ſtrong, great; a
rank knave, a rank coward, perhaps the latter may allude
to an ill ſavor cauſed by fear.

RANK RIDER, a highwayman.

RANTALLION, one whoſe ſcrotum is fo relaxed as to be
longer than his penis, i. e. whoſe ſhot pouch is longer than
the barrel of his piece.

RANTIPOLE, a rude romping boy or girl, alſo a gadabout
diſſipated woman.

RaP, to rap, to take a falſe oath, alſo to curſe ; he rapped
out a volley, i. e. he {wore a whole volley of oaths; to rap,
means alſo to exchange or barter; a rap is likewiſe an Iriſh
halfpenny.

RAPPER, a ſwinging preat lie,

RAPPAREES, Iriſh robbers, or outlaws, who in the time

of Oliver Cromwell were armed with ſhort weapons, cal-

led in Iriſh rapiers, uſed for ripping perſons up.

RAREE SHEW MEN, poor ſavoyards who ſubſiſt by ſhew-
ing the magic lanthorn and marmots about London.
RASCAL, a rogue, or villain, a term borrowed from the
chace, a raſcal originally meaning a lean ſhabby deer, at
the time of changing his horns, penis, &c. whence in the
vulgar acceptation, raſcal 1s conceived to ſignify a man
without genitals ; the regular vulgar anſwer to this re-

_ proach, if uttered by a woman, is the offer of an occular
demonſtration of the virility of the party ſo defamed.
Some derive it from raſcaglione, an Italian word, ſignify-
ing a man without tefticles, or an eunuch,

RAT, a drunken man, or woman, taken up by the wk
and confined in the watch-houſe; (cant) to ſmell a rat
to ſuſpe& ſome intended trick, or unfair deſign,
RATTLER, a coach ; (cant) rattle and pad, a coach and

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RATTLING MUMPERs, beggars who ply coaches, (cant)
RATTLE PATE, a volatile, unſteady, or whimſical man, gr
woman.

RATTLE, to move off, or go away; to rattle one off, to

rate, or ſcold.

RATTLE TRAPS, a contemptuous naine for any curious
portable piece of machinery, or philoſophical apparatus,
RAw HEAD AND BLOODY BONES, a bull beggar, or ſcare

child, with which fooliſh nurſes terrify crying brats.

RaiLs., See head rails. A diſh of rails, a lecture,
jobation, or ſcolding from a married woman to her huſ-
band.

REavy, the ready rhino, money, (cant)

REBvs, a riddle, or pun on a man's name, expreſſed in
ſculpture, or painting, thus, a bolt, or arrow, and a tun,
for Bolton ; death's head, and a ton, for Morton.

REcKon, to reckon without one's hoſt, to make an errone-
ous judgement in one's own favor.

RECRvUIT, to get a freſh ſupply of money.

RED FUSTIAN, port wine.

RED LANE, the throat ; gone down the red lane, ſwal-
Jowed.

RED LATTICE, a public houſe.

RED LETTER DAY, a ſaint's day, or holiday, marked in
the calendars with red letters; red letter men, Roman
Catholicks, from their obſervation of the ſaint's day,
marked in red letters. |

RED RAG, the tongue; ſhut your potatoe trap, and give
your red rag a holiday, i. e. ſhut your mouth, and let
your tongue reſt; too much of the red rag, too much
tongue,

RED sAIL YARD DOCKERS, buyers of ſtores ſtolen out
of the royal yards and docks, |

RED sHANk, a duck, (cant)

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RENDEZYOUS, a place of meeting; the rendezyous of the
beggars were about the year 1638, according to the bell-
man, St. Quinton's, the three crowns in the Vintry, St.
Tybs, and at Knapſbury ; theſe were four barns within
a mile of London. In Middleſex were four other har-
bours, called draw the pudding out of the fire, the croſs
keys in Craneford pariſh, St. Julian's in Iſleworth pa-
riſh, and the houſe of Pettie in Northall pariſh. In
Kent the king's barn near Dartford, and Ketbrooke near
Blackheath.

REPOSITORY, a lockup or ſpunging houſe ; a gaol; alſo
Iivery ſtables where | horſes and carriages are fold by
auction.

REP, a woman of reputation.

RESURRECTION MEN, perſons employed by the ſtudents
in anatomy, to ſteal dead bodies out of church- yards.

REVERSED, a man ſet by bullies on his head that his
money might fall out of his breeches, which they after-
wards by accident pick up.

REVIEw OF THE BLACK CUIRASSIERS, a viſitation of
the clergy. See crow fair,

RHINO, money, (cant)

RMINOCERICAL, rich, (cant); the cull is rhinocerical.

RIBBAL DRV, vulgar abuſive language, ſuch as was ſpoken
by ribbalds; ribbalds were originally mercenary ſoldiers
who travelled about ſerving any maſter for pay, but after-
wards degenerated into a mere banditti.

R1s, a wife, an alluſion to our common mother Eve, made
out of Adam's rib.

RIB ROAST, to beat; I'll rib roaſt him to his heart's con-
tent. ; :

RIBBIx, money, (cant) the ribbin runs thick, i, e. there is
plenty of money. | |
Rich FACE, or NOSE; a red pimpled face.

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RrDBvE, a guinea, (cant); ridge cully, a goldſmith.

RiD1NG Sr. GEORGE, the woman uppermoſt in the amo-
rous congreſs, that is the dragon upon St. George,

R1DING $KIMMINGTON, a ludicrous cavalcade in ridicule
of a man beaten by his wife, It conſiſts of a man riding
behind a woman with his face to the horſe's tail, holding

a a diſtaff in his hand, at which he ſeems to work, the wo-
man all the while beating him with a ladle, a ſmock dif.
played on a ſtaff is carried before them as an emblematical
ſtandard, denoting female ſuperiority, they are accom-
panied by what 1s called the rough muſic, that is frying
pans, bulls horns, marrow bones and cleavers, &c. a pro-
ceſſion of this kind is admirably deſcribed by Butler in
his Hudibraſs. |

RiFF RAFF, low vulgar perſons, mob; tag rag and
bobtail.

Ris, fun, game, diverſion or trick; to run one's rig upon
any particular perſon, to make him a but; I am up to
your rig, I am a match for your tricks.

R1661xs, clothing, (cant); I'll unrig the bloſs, I'll ſtrip

the wench; rum rigging, fine clothes; the cull has rum

rigging, let's ding him and mill him and pike, the fellow
has good clothes, let's knock him down, rob n, and
ſcour off, 1. e. run away.

Rix, money procured by begging, and beggars ſo call it
from 1ts ringing when thrown to them ; alſo a circle form-
ed for boxers, wreſtlers, and cudgel players, by a man
ſtiled vinegar, who with his hat before his eyes, goes
round the circle ſtriking at random with his whip to pre-
vent the populace from crouding in.

Rie, a miſerable rip, a poor Fog worn out horſe.

Rieeons, ſpurs; Rippon is famous for a manufactory of
ſpurs, both for men and fighting cocks.

RoasT MEAT CLOTHES, Sunday, or holiday clothes;
to rule the roaſt, to be Hs or paramount; to cry
roaſt meat, to boaſt of one's ſituation; to roaſt alſo

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ſignifies to arreſt; I'll roaſt the dab, I'll arreſt the raſcal,
and likewiſe to jeer, ridicule or banter; he ſtood the roaſt,
he was the but.

RoRATORIOS and UPROARS, oratorio's and opera's.

RoRATION, an oration pronounced with a loud unmuſi-
cal voice,

ROARING TRADE, a quick trade.

ROBERT's MEN, the third old rank of the canting crew,
mighty thieves, like Robbin Hood.

Rosy DovoLAs, one eye and a ſtinking breath; the
breech.

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gave. |

RoGER, or TIB OF THE BUTTERY, a gooſe, (cant) to
roger, to bull, or lie with a woman, from the name of
Roger, frequently given to a bull; jolly roger, a flag
hoiſted by pirates,

RoGER, a portmanteau, (cant) alſo a man's yard.

RoGves, the fourth order of canters ; a rogue in grain,
a great rogue,

RoMBOYLEs, watch and ward; romboyled, ſought after
with a warrant. |

RoMEVILLE, London, (cant)

RoME MORT, a queen.

RoMAN, a ſoldier in the foot guards, who gives up his pay
to his captain for leave to work ; ſerving like an ancient
Roman, for glory and the love of his country.

Romy, a forward wanton girl; a tomrig. See Hoyden;
Grey in his notes to Shakelpear, derives it from Arompo,
an animal found in South Guinea, that is a man eater.

Rook, a cheat, probably from the thieviſh diſpoſition of
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R U B
Roots, ſhe lets out her fore room and lies backwards,
ſaying of a woman ſuſpected of proſtitution,
ROARING BOY, a noiſy riotous fellow.
Rosy GILLs, one with a ſanguine or freſh coloured coun-
. tenance,
RoTAN, a coach, cart, or other wheeled carriage.
RoT GUT, {mall beer, called beer a bumble,
Will burſt one's guts before 'twill make one tumble.
RovERs, pyrates, vagabonds.
RouT, a modern card meeting at a private houſe; alſo
an order from the ſecretary of war, directing the march
and quartering of ſoldiers,
Rovucu, to lie rough, to lie all night in one's clothes;
called alſo roughing it.
RouND DEALING, plain honeſt dealing; round ſum, a con-
ſidcrable ſum.
RouxD HEADS, a term of reproach to the puritans and
partizans of Oliver Cromwell and the rump parliament,

who it is ſaid made uſe of a bowl as a guide to trim their

hair. |

-RouND ROBIN, a mode of ſigning remonſtrances practiſed
by ſailors on board the king's ſhips, wherein their names
are Written in a circle, ſo that it cannot be diſcovered who
lirſt ſigned it, or was in other words the ring leader.

Roucn mus1c, ſaucepans, fryingpans, poker and tongs,
marrow bones and cleavers, bulls horns, &c. beaten upon
and founded in ludicrous proceſſions.

RowlAx p, to give a rowland for an oliver, to give an
equivalent; Rowland and Oliver were two knights fa—
mous in romance, the wonderful achievements of the one,
could only be equalled by thoſe of the other.

Row, a diſturbance, a term uicd by the ſtudents at Cam-

bridge.

Ros TER, a rude boiſterous fellow; alſo a hound that

opens on a falſe ſcent.

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ſend us to Newgate; to rub up, to refreſh, to rub up
one's memory; a rub, an impediment ; a rubher, the beft
two out of three ; to win a rubber, to win two games out
of three, |
RUBY FACED, red faced,

RUFF, an ornament formerly worn by men and women
round their necks; wooden ruff, the pillory.

RUFFLEs, handcufts, (cant)

RUFFIN, the devil; may the ruffin nab the cuffin queer,
aud let the harmanbeck trine with his kinchins about his
colquarron, may the devil take the juſtice, .avd let the
conſtable be hanged with his children about his neck;
ruthn alſo ſometimes mcans a juſtice.

RUFFLERS, the firſt rank of canters, alſo notorious rogues,
pretending to be maimed ſoldiers or ſailors.

RuFFMANs, the woods, hedges, or buthes, (cant)

RuFF MUSICK, See rough muſick.

Rus, it is all rug, all right and fafe, the game is ſecure,
(cant)

RUMFORD, to ride to Rumford to have one's backſide new
bottomed,

RuMBo, rum, water, and ſugar, alſo a priſon.

Rum, fine, good, valuable.

Run BECK, a Juſtice of the peace, (cant).

Run BOB, a young apprentice, a ſharp trick.

RUM BITE, a clever cheat, a clean trick.

RuM BOOZE, wine, or any other good liquor; rum boozing |

welts, bunches of grapes, (cant)
RUM BLEATING CHEAT, a fat wether ſheep, (cant)
RuM BLOWER, a handſome wench, (cant}
Rum BLUFFER, a jolly hoſt, (cant)
RuM BUGHER, a valuable dog, (cant)
RUM BUNG, a full purſe, {cant}
RUM BUBBER, a dexterous fellow at ſtealing filver tankards

from inns and taverns.

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Rum cop, a good purſe of gold, (cant)
Rum cove, a dexterous, or clever rogue.
RuM cULL, a rich fool, eaſily cheated, particularly by his
miſtreſs, | |
Ron chu, among butchers, a cuſtomer eaſily impoſed on, 1
as to the quality and price of meat, (cant) +
Rum cLovT, a fine ſilk cambrick, or holland handker-
chief, (cant)
Run COLE, new money, or medals, (cant)
Ru DROPPER, a vintner, (cant)
Run DUBBER, an expert picklock.
Run DUKE, a jolly handſome fellow, (cant) alſo an odd

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excentric fellow, likewiſe the boldeſt and ſtouteſt fellows f
lately among the aliatians, minters, ſavoyards, and other
inhabitants of privileged diſtricts, ſent to remove and guard N
the goods of ſuch bankrupts, as intended to take ſanCtuary f
in thoſe places, (cant) }
RuM DoOxy, a fine wench, (cant)
RuM DEGEN, a handſome ſword, (cant) ]
RuM DELL. See rum doxy. ]
RuM DIVER, a dexterous pickpocket, (cant) ]
RU DRAWERS, filk, or other fine ſtockings, (cant) J
RuMFoRD LION, a calf. See Eſſex lion. ]
Ruu fo, a ſharp trick, (cant) 1
RuM FILE. See rum diver. |:
Run GAGGERs, cheats who tell wonderful ſtories of their F
ſufferings at ſea, or when taken by the Algerines, (cant)
Rum GUTLERS, canary wine, (cant) | | 5
Rum GLYMMER, king, or chief of the link boys, (cant! |
Run GHELT, See rum cole, (cant) k

Ru HOPPER, a drawer at a tavern; rum hopper, tip us
preſently a boozing cheat of rum gutlers, drawer, bring us
preſently a bottle of the beſt canary, (cant)

Rum K1cks, breeches of gold or ſilver brocade, or richly
laced with gold or ſilver, (cant)

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RUM MORT, a queen, or great lady, (cant
RUM NAB, a good hat.

RUM NED, a very rich filly fellow, (cant)
Run NANTz, good French brandy, (cant)

RUM PAD, the highway, (cant)

RUM PADDERs, highwaymen well mounted and armed,
(cant) |

RUM PEEPERsS, fine looking glaſſes, (cant)

RUMP AND KIDNEY MEN, fidlers that play at feaſts,
fairs, weddings, &c. and live chiefly on the remnants,

RUM PRANCER, a fine horſe, (cant)

Run Qu1iDDs, a great booty, (cant)

RuMPevus, a riot, quarrel, or confuſion.

RuM RUFF PECK, Weſtphalia ham, (cant)

Ro SQUEEZE, much wine, or good liquor given among
tidlers, (cant) |

Rum $NITCH, a ſmart fillip on the noſe.

Rum TOL, (cant) See rum degen.

Run TIL TER, See rum degen.

Ru u TOPPING, a rich commode, or woman's head dreſs.
RuM VILLE, See rome ville. |

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RUNNING HORSE, or NAG, a clap, or gleet.

RUNNING STATION ERS, hawkers of newſpapers, trials,
and dying ſpeeches.

RunT, a ſhort ſquat man or woman, from the ſmall cattle
called Welch runts.

Rus$HERS, thieves who knock at the doors of great houſes,
in London, in ſummer time, when the families are out of
town, and on the door being opened by a woman, ruſh in
and rob the houſe; alſo houſe breakers, who enter lone

Houſes by force. | |
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Rus rv, out of uſe; to nab the ruſt, to be refractory, pro-
perly applied to a reſtive horſe, and figuratively tothe human
ſpecies; to ride ruſty, to be ſullen, called alſo to ride
grab.

Rus r Gurs, a Must ſurly fellow, a jocular miſnomer of

ruſticus.
RuTTiNG, copulating; rutting time, the ſeaſon when deer

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mouth of a ſtove, from a divine of that name, who | |
made himfelf famous for blowing the coals of diſſention, |
the latter end of the reign of Queen Ann.
SACK, a pocket; to buy the ſack, to get drunk; to dive! into 8
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SAD DOG, a wicked bated fellow, one of the ancient of
family of the ſad dogs, Swift tranſlates it into Latin by 80
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SAINT LUKE'S.BIRD, an ox, that evangeliſt being always ]
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pickling tub, or under a ſalivation. | <a 8⁰

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SALESMAN'S DOG, a barker, Vide barker.

SALMON Or SALAMON, the beggars ſacrament or oath.

SALT, lecherous ; a ſalt bitch, a bitch at heat, or proud
bitch; ſalt eel, a ropes end uſed to correct boys, &c. at
ſea; you ſhall have a ſalt cel for ſupper.

SANGAREE, rack punch was N ſo called in bagnio's.

SANK, SANKY, or SANCIPEE's, a taylor employed by
clothiers in making ſoldiers clothing.

SANDY PATE, a red haired man or woman.

SAPSCULL, a fimple fellow; ſappy, fooliſh.

SATYR, a libidinous fellow, thoſe imaginary beings are by
poets reported to be extremely ſalacious.

SAVEALL, a kind of candleſtick uſed by our frugal fore-
fathers to burn ſauffs and ends of candles; figuratively,
boys running about gentlemen's houſes in Ireland, who
are fed on broken meats that would otherwiſe be waſted ;
alſo a miſer.

Saw, an old ſaw, an ancient proverbial ſaying.

SAWNY or SANDY, a general nick name for a Scotchman
as Paddy is for an Iriſhman, or Taffy for a Welchman ;
Sawny or Sandy being the familiar abbreviation or dimu-
tive of Alexander, a very favourite name among the
Scottiſh nation,

SCAB, a worthleſs man or woman.

SCANDALBROTH, tea.

SCANDALPROOF, one who has eat ſhame and drank after
it, or would bluſh to be aſhamed.

Sc AN DALous, a perriwig, (cant)

Sc Au, a highwayman ; royal ſcamp, a highwayman who

robs civilly ; royal foot ſcamp, 8 who behave in
like manner.

So AM ER, to run away haſtily,

SCAPEGRACE, a wild diſſolute fellow.

SCAPEGALLOWS, one who deſerves and has narrowly

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SCALY FISH, an honeſt rough blunt ſallor.

SCARCE, to make one's ſelf ſcarce, to ſteal away.

SCARLET HORSE, i. e a high-red, hired or hack horſe,
a pun on the word hired.

SCAVEY, ſenſe, knowledge; “ maſſa me no ſcavey,
I don't know, (negroe language) perhaps from the French
ſcavoir. |

SCHEME, a oily of pleaſure,

School oF VExNus, a bawdy houſe.

SCHOOL BUTTER, cobbing, whipping.

SCONCE, the head, N. as being che fort and citadel
of a man; from ſconce an old name for a fort derived
from a Dutch word of the ſame ſignification; to build a
tconce, a military term for bilking one's quarters; to
iconce or ſKonce, to impoſe a fine, academical phraſe.
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Scorch FIDDLE, the itch.

Scorch MST, a ſober ſoaking rain; a Scotch miſt will
wet an Engliſhman to the ſkin,

SCOTCH WARMING PAN, a wench,

SCOUNDREL, a man void of every principle of honour.

Scovr, a college errand boy at Oxford, called a 8 at
e. |

SCOWER, to ſcower or ſcore off, to run away, perhaps
from ſcore, 1. e. full ſpeed, or as faſt as legs would carry
one; to ſcower the cramp ring, to wear bolts or fetters,
from which as well as from coffin hinges, rings, ſuppoſed
to prevent the cramp, are made; dcowerers, riotous bucks,
who amuſe themſelves with breaking windows, beating
the watch, and aſſaulting N perſon they meet, called
ſcowering the ſtreets.
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ScRAP, a villainous ſcheme or plan; he whiddles che
whole ſcrap, he diſcovers the whole plan or ſcheme.
SCR1P, a ſcrap or flip of paper; the cully did freely blot
the ſcrip and tipt me forty hogs, the man freely ſigned
the bond and gave me forty ſhillings. Scrip is alſo a
Change Alley phraſe for the laſt loan or ſubſcription
what does ſerip go at for the next reſcounters, what does
ſcrip ſell for delivered at the next day of ſettling.
DCRAGGED, hanged; ſcraggy, lean, bony.

DCRAPE, to get into a ſcrape, to be involved in a diſagree-
able buſineſs,

SCRAPING, a mode of exprefling diſlike to a perſon, or

ſermon, practiſed at Oxford by the ſtudents in ſcraping

their feet againſt the ground during the preachment, fre-
quently done to teſtify their diſapprobation of a proctor,
who has been as they think too rigorous.

SCRAPER, a fiddler ; alſo one who ſcrapes plates for mezzo-
tinto prints.

SCREWJAWS, a wry mouthed man or woman.

SCRATCHLAND, Scotland.

SCRATCH PLATTER, Or TAYLORS RAGOU, bread ſopt
in the oil and vinegar in which cucumbers have been
ſliced.

SCROBY, to be tipt the ſcroby, to be whipt before the
juſtices. |

SCRUB, a low mean fellow, employed in all ſorts of dirty
work, |

yCRUBADO, the itch.

SCULL, a head of a houſe, or maſter of a college at the
univerfities.

SCULL or SCULLER, a one horſe chaiſe or buggy.

"CULL THATCHER, a peruke maker, |

Scr, the tail of a hare or rabbit; alſo that of a Wo-
man.

SCUTTLE OFF, to run away; to ſcuttle a ſhip, to make a
hole in her bottom in order to fink her.

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ScrEw, to ſcrew, to copulate; a female ſcrew, a common
proſtitute ; to ſcrew one up, to exact upon one in a bar-
gain or reckoning.

ScuM, the riff raff, tag fag and bobtail, or loweſt order of
the people.

SEA CRAB, a ſailor,

SEALER Or SQUEEZE WAX, one ready to give bond and
judgment for goods or money. | |

SECRET, he has been let into the ſecret, he has been cheat-
ed at gaming or horſe racing; he or ſhe is in the
grand ſecret, i. e. dead,

SEEs, the eyes. See daylights.

SEEDY, poor, pennyleſs; ſtiver cramped, exhauſted.

SERAGLIO, a bawdy houſe, the name of the great Turk's
palace, where a number of women are kept.

SETTER, a bailiffs follower, who, like a ſetting dog, follows
and points out the game for his maſter ; alſo ſometimes
an exciſe man,

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gaming, -

SETTLE, to knock down or ſtun any one; we ſettled the
cull by a ſtoter on his nob, we tuned the fellow by-a
blow on the head.

SHAFTSBURY, a gallon pot full of wine, with a cock.

SHARP, a ſharper or cheat; in oppoſition to a flat, dupe, or
cull. |

SHABBAROON, an ill dreſſed ſhabby fellow; alſo a mean
ſpirited perſon,

DHANNON, a river in Ireland; : perſons dipped in that river
are perfectly and for ever cured of baſhfulneſs.

SHANEks, legs, or gams.

SHANKS NAGGY, to ride ſhanks naggy, to travel on foot
(Scotch) |

SHA BAG, a poor ſneaking fellow, a man of no ſpirit; 2
term borrowed from the cock-pit, |

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SHAM, a cheat, or trick; to cut a ſham, to cheat, or deceĩve;
ſhams, falſe ſleeves to put on over a dirty ſhirt, or falſe
ſleeves with ruffles to put over a plain one; to ſham abram,
to counterfeit ſickneſs,

SHAMBLE, to walk aukwardly ; ſhamble legged, one that
walks wide and ſhuffles about his feet,

SHANKER, a venereal wart. |

SHAPES, to ſhow one's ſhapes, to be ftript, or made peel at
the whipping poſt,

SHAPPO, a hat, corruption of chapeay.

SHARP, ſubtle, acute, quick witted, \

SHARPER, a chezt, one lives by * wits; ſharp ſet,
hungry; ſharpers tools, a fool, au. Ace.

SHAVER, a cunning ſhaver, a ſubtle fellow, one who trims
cloſe, an acute cheat.

SHAVINGS, the clippings of money.

SHE HOUSE, a houſe where the wife rules, or as the term
is, wears the breeches,

SHE-LI1ON, a ſhilling. |

SHE NAPPER, a woman thief catcher, alſo a hawd or pimp.

SHEEPISH, baſhful; a ſheepiſh fellow, a baſhful or ſhame-
faced fellow ; to caſt a ſheep's eye at any thing, to look
wiſhfully at it.

SHERIFF's BALL, an execution; to dance at the ſheriff's
ball, and loll out one's tongue at the company, to be
hanged, or go to reſt in a horſe's night cap, i. e. a halter,

SHERIFF's HOTEL, a priſon.

SHERIFF's PICTURE FRAME, the gallows.

SHERIFF's BRACELETS, handcuffs.

SHERK, to ſherk, to evade; to ſherk one's duty, alſo to
diſappoint.

SHIPTING BALLAST, a term uſed by ſailors, to ſignify
ſoldiers, paſſengers, or any landſmen on board.
S—T SACK, a daſtardly fellow.

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SHILLY SHALLY, irreſolute; to ſtand ſhilly ſhally, to
heſitate, or ſtand in doubt.
SHIP SHAPE, proper, as it ought to be, {/za thraſe)
SHOE MAK ER's STOCKS, new, or PR ſhoes; I was
in the ſhoe maker's ſtocks, i. e. had on a new pair of {hoes
that were too {ma!l for me,
SHoe, priſon; ſhopped, confined, impriſoned.
SHOPLIFTER, one that ſteals whilic pretending to pur—
chaſe goods in a ſhop.
SHORT HEELED WENCH, a girl apt to fall on her back.
SHOT, to pay one's thor, to pay one's ſhare of a reckoning z
ſhot betwixt wind and w ater, poxed or clapped,
SHOTTEN HERRING, a thin meagre fellow.
Soor THE CAT, to vomit, from exceſs of f liquor, called
allo catting.
SHOOLE, to go ſkulking about.
SHOULDER CLAPPER, a bayliff, or member of the catch
club; ſhoulder clapped, arreſted.
SHOULDER SHAMI, a partner to a file. See file.
SHoveE THE TUMBLER, to be whipped at the cart's tail,
OHOVEL, to be put to bed with a ſhovel, to be buried; he
or ſhe was fed with a fire ſhovel, a ſay ing of a perſon with
a large mouth.
SHUFFLE, to ſhuffle, to make uſe of falſe pretences, or
unfair ſhifts; a ſhuffling fellow, a ſlippery ſhifting fel
low. |
SHRED, a taylor.
SHRIMP, a little diminutive perſon.
SHY COCK, one who keeps within doors for fear of bailifis,
SHARK, a ſharper, perhaps from his preying upon any
one he can lay hold of, a cuſtom houſe officer, or tice
waiter. |
SKIN FLINT, a miſer, a niggardly man or woman,
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SIDLEDYWRY, crooked,

SIGN OF A HOUSE TO LET, a widow's weeds.

SILENCE, to filence a man, to knock him down, or ſtun

him; filence in the court, the cat is piſſing, a gird upon
any one requiring ſilence unneceſſarily.

SILK SNATCHERS, thieves who ſnatch hoods or bonnets
from perſons walking in the ſtreets,

S{MKIN, a fooliſh fellow.

S1MoN, fixpence; ſimple Simon, a natural, a filly fellow,

S1MPLES, phyſical herbs, alſo follies; he muſt go to Bat-
terſea, to be cut for the ſimples. Batterſea is a place fa-
mous for its garden grounds, ſome of which were formerly
appropriated to the growing of ſimples for apothecaries,
who at a certain ſeaſon, uſed to go down to ſelect their
ſtock for the enluing year, at which time the gardners
were ſaid to cut their ſimples, whence it became a popular
joke, to adviſe young people to go to Batterſea at that
time, to have their fimples cut, or to be cut for the
ſimples.

SIN PER, to ſinile, to ſimper like a furmity kettle.

SIMPLETON, abbreviation of ſimple tony, or anthony, 4
fooliſh fellow. :

SINGLE PEEPER, a perſon having but one eye.

SING SMALL, to be humbled, confounded, or abaſhed, to
have little or nothing to ſay for one's ſelf.

SINGLETON, a cork ſcrew, made by a famous cutler of that
name, who lived in a place called Hell, in Dublin; his
ſcrews are remarkable for their excellent temper.

SINGLETEN, a very fooliſh fellow, alſo a particular kind
of nails,

SIR JOHN, the old title for a country parſon, as Sir John of
Wrotham, mentioned by Shakeſpear.

SIR JOHN BARLYCORN, ſtrong beer.

SIRLOIN, the ſur, or upper loin,

SIARKEVERENCE, human excrement, a t—d,

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ſtands ſquire. See ſquire.

SITTING BREECHES, one who ſtays late in company, is
faid to have his fitting breeches on, or that he will fit longer
than a hen. .

DIX POUNDER, a ſervant maid, from the wages formerly
given to maid ſervants, which was commonly fix pounds,

DIX AND EIGHT PENCE, an attorney, whoſe fee on ſeveral
occaſions is fixed at that ſum.

SIxXESs AND SEVENS, left at fixes and ſevens, in confuſion,
commonly ſaid of a room where the furniture, &c. is ſcat-
tered about, or of a buſineſs left unſettled,

DIX AND Tips, whiſky and ſmall beer, (1Triþ)

DIZER, a poor, or inferior ſtudent on the college eſtabliſn-
ment at Cambridge, called at Oxford a ſervitor.

SIZE OF ALE, half a pint; ſize of bread and cheeſe, a cer-
tain quantity; ſizings, Cambridge term for the college al-
lowance from the buttery, called at Oxford battles.

SKEW, a cup, or beggars wooden diſh,

DKEWVOW, or ALL ASKEW, crooked, inclining to one fide,

SKIN FLINT, an avaricious man or woman.

Sxkixs, a tanner.

SKIP KENNEL, a footman.

SKIPPER, a barn, (cant) alſo a Dutch ſeamen,

SKINK, to ſkink, is to wait on the company, ring the bell,
ſtir the fire, and ſnuff the candles, the duty of the youngeſt
officer in a military meſs. See boots.

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SKULKER, a ſoldier who by feigned ſickneſs, or other pre- ;

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the iſle of ſky, or {ome other remote place, and were ruined
by a flood, hurricane, or ſome ſuch public calamity, or elſe
called ſky farmers, from their farms being in nubibus, or
the clouds. |

Sky PARLOUR, the garret, or upper ſtory.

SLAM, a trick, alfo a game at whift loſt without ſcoring
one; to ſlam too a door, to ſhut it with violence.

SLAMMAKIN, a female ſloven, one whoſe clothes ſeem
hung on with a pitch fork, a careleſs trapes.

SLANG, cant language.

SLAPDASH. immediately, inſtantly, ſuddenly.

SLATE, a ſheet, (cant)

SLASHER, a bullying riotous fellow, (Iriſb)

SLATTERN, a woman fluttiſhly negligent in her dreſs,

SLEEPING PARTNER, a partner in a trade, or ſhop, who
lends his name and money, for which he receives a ſhare
of the profit, without doing any part of the buſineſs,

SLEEVELESS ERRAND, a fool's errand, ſent in ſearch of
what is 1mpoſhble to find.

SLIPPERY CHAP, one on whom there can be no dependance,

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ſlouch, to hang down one's head; a {louched hat, a hat " jj

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SLoPs, wearing apparel, and bedding uſed by ſeamen, i

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Sv vs, a piece of lead of any ſhape, to be fired from a blun⸗
derbuſs; to fire a ſlug, to drink a dram.

SLUG A BED, a drone, one that cannot riſe in the morning,

SLY BOOTS, a cunning fellow, under the maſk of ſim-
plicity.

SMABBLED, Or SNABBLED, killed in battle.

SMACK, to kiſs; I had a ſmack at her muns, I kiſſed her
mouth; to ſmack calves ſkin, to kiſs the book, i. e. to
take an oath ; the queer cuffin bid me ſmack calves ſkin,
but 1 only buſſed my thumb, the juſtice bid me kiſs the

book, but I only kiſſed my thumb.
SMACK SMOOTH, level with the ſurface, every thing cut

away.
SMACKING COVE, a coachman.
SMART MONEY, money. allowed to ſoldiers or ſailors, for
the loſs of a limb, or other hurt received in the ſervice,
SMASH, to break; leg of mutton and ſmaſh, a leg of mut-
ton and maſhed turnips, (ſea term)
SMEAR, a plaiſterer.
SMEAR GELT, a bribe, (German)

SMELLER, a noſe ; ſ/mellers, a cat's whiſkers. '
SMELLING CHEAT, an orchard, or garden, alſo a noſe-

gay, (cant)
SMELTSs, half guineas, (cant)
OMIRK, a finical ſpruce fellow; to ſmirk, to ſmile, or look

pleaſantly.

OMITER, an arm; to ſmite one's tutor, to get money from
him, (an academic term)

SMO AR, to obſerve, to ſuſpect; ſmoaky, curious, ſuſpicious,
inquiſitive.

SMOKER, a tobacconiſt.

Suoucu, dried leaves of the aſh tree, uſed by the ſmug-
glers for adulterating the black, or bohea teas.

SMICKET, a ſmock, or woman's ſhift.

SMOCK FACED, fair faced.
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SMUG, a nick name for a blackſmith, alſo neat and ſpruce.
SMUSH, to ſnatch, or ſeize tuddenly.
SMUGGLING KEN, a bawdy houſe,
SMUT, bawdy ; imutty ſtory, an indecent ſtory.
SNACK, a ſhare ; to go ſnacks, to be partners;
SNABBLE, to riffle, or plunder, alto to kill.
SNAFFLE, a highwayman, alſo to ſteal; ſnaffler of prancers,
a horſe ſtealer,
SN As, large teeth, alſo ſnails,
ONAPPERs, Piſtols.
SNAPT, taken, caught,

SNAP THE GLAZE, to break ſhop windows, or ſhew

glaſſes.

SNEAKING BUDGE, one that robs alone.

SNEAK, a pilferer; morning ſneak, one who pilfers early in
the morning, before it is light; evening ſneak, an evening
pilferer; upright ſneak, one who ſteals pewter pots from
the alehouſe boys, employed to collect them.

SNEAKSBY, a mean ſpirited fellow, a ſneaking cur.

SNEAKER, a ſmall bowl.

SNEERING, jeering, flickering, laughing in ſcorn.

SNICKER, Or SNIGGER, to laugh priyately, or in one's
ſleeye.

SNILOH, to eye, or look at any thing attentively, the cull
ſnilches, (cant)

SNITCH, to turn ſnitch, to turn informer.

SNITE, to wipe, or ſlap; ſnite his ſnitch, wipe his noſe,
i. e. give him a good knock,

SN IP, a taylor,

SYIVEL, to cry, to throw the ſnot or ſnivel about; ſnivel-
ling, crying; a ſnivelling fellow, one that whines, or
complains. |

SNOR, a nick name for a ſhoemaker,

SNOUT, a hogſhead, (cant)

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SNB, to check, or rebuke.

SNUB DEVIL, a parſon,

SNUFF, to take ſnuff, to be offended.

SNUDGE, a thief who hides himſelf under a bed, in order
to rob the houſe,

SNUFFLE, to ſpeak through the noſe.

Snvus, all's ſnug, all's quiet,

So Ak, to drink; an old ſoaker, a drunkard, one that moiſ-
tens his clay to make it ſfick together.

SOCKET MONEY, a whore's fee, or hire, alſo money paid
for a treat, by a married man caught in an intrigue.

SOSSE BRANGLE, a flatternly wench.

SOLDIERS BOTTLE, a large one,

SOLDIERS MAWND, a pretended ſoldier, begging with a
counterfeit wound, which he pretends to have received at
ſome famous ſiege, or battle, |

SoLo PLAYER, a miſerable performer on any inſtrument,
who always plays alone, becauſe no one will ſtay in the
room to hear him,

SOLOMON, the mals, (cant)

SOLFA, a pariſh clerk,

DON OF PRATTLEMENT, a lawyer.

SOOTERKIN, a joke upon the Dutch women, ſuppoſing
that by their conftant uſe of ſtoves, which they place
under their petticoats, they breed a kind of ſmall animal
in their bodies, called a ſooterkin, of the ſize of a mouſe,
which when mature ſlips out.

SOP, à br be; a ſep for cerberus, a bribe for a porter, turnkey,
or gaoler.

SORREL, a vellowiſh red; bro pate, one having red hair.

SORRY, vile, mean, tile z a ſorry fellow, or huſſey, a
worthleſs man or woman,

SOT. WEED, tobacco. |

SouL DOCTOR, Or DRIVER, a parſon,

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SOUSE, not a ſouſe, not a penny, (French)

Sousk CROWN, a lilly fellow.

SouTH SEA, mountain, gin.

Sow, a fat woman.

So w's BABY, a ſucking pig.

Sow CHILD, a female child; he has got the wrong ſow
by the ear; drunk as David's ſow. See David's ſow,

SpaDo, a ſword, (Spaniſh)

SPANISH COIN, fair words, and compliments.

SPANISH FAGGOT, the fun.

SPANISH GOUT, the pox.

SPANISH, or KING OF SPAIN'S TRUMPETER, an aſs when
braying. | |
SPANISH WORM, a nail, ſo called by carpenters when they

meet one in a board they are ſawing.

SPANKS, Or SPANKERS, money, alſo blows with the open
hand.

SPANKING, large.

SPARK, a ſpruce trim, or ſmart fellow; ſparkiſh, fine, gay;
a man that is always thirſty, is ſaid to have a ſpark in his
throat.

SPARRING BLOws, blows given by cocks before they
cloſe, or as the term is, mouth it, uſed figuratively for
words previous to a quarrel,

SPARROW MOUTH'D, wide mouth'd, like the mouth of a
ſparrow, it is ſaid of ſuch perſons, that they do not
hold their months by leaſe, but have it from year to year.
One whoſe mouth cannot be enlarged without removing
their ears.

SPATCH COCK, abbreviation of a diſpatch cock, an Iriſh
diſh upon any ſudden occaſion. It is a hen juſt killed
from the rooſt, or yard, and immediately ſkinned, ſplit,
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SPECK'T WIPER, a coloured handkerchief, (cant)

SPIDER SHANKED, thin legged,

SPIFLICATE, to ſpiflicate, to confound, filence, or dumb.
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SPILL, a ſmall reward, or gift of money.

SPILT, thrown from a horſe, or overturned in a carriage,
pray coachee don't ſpill us,

SPINDLE SHANKS, {lender legs.

SPIRIT AWAY, to kidnap, or inveigle away.

SPIRITUAL FLESH BROKER, a parlon.

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SPIT FIRE, a violent, pettiſh, or paſſionate perſon,

SPLIT CROW, the ſign of the ſpread eagle, which being
repreſented with two heads on one neck, gives it ſomewhat
the appearance of being ſplit.

SPLIT FIG, a grocer.

SPLIT CAUSE, a lawyer.

SPUNGE, a thirſty fellow, a great drinker; to ſpunge, to

eat and drink at another's coſt ; ſpunging houſe, a bailiff's
lock up houſe, or repoſitory, to which perſons arreſted are
taken, till they find bail, or have ſpent all their money,
a houſe where every ſpecies of fraud and extortion is prac-
tiſed, under the protection of the law.

DPUNK, rotten touch wood, or a kind of fungus prepared
for tinder ; figuratively ſpirit, courage.

SPOON HAND, the right hand.

SPOIL IRON, the nick name for a ſmith.

SPOUT, to ſpout, to rehearſe theatrically.

SPREAD EAGLE, a ſoldier tied to the halberts in order to
be whipped, his attitude bearing ſome likeneſs to that
figure, as painted on ſigns, |

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ſtuffed couch, called alſo a ſquab. A new hatched chicken.

SQUARE TOEs, an old man; ſquare-toed ſhoes were anci-
ently worn in common, and long retained by old men.
SQUEAK, a narrow eſcape, a chance, he had a ſqueak for
his life; to ſqueak, to confeſs, peach, or turn ſtag ; they
ſqueak beef upon us, they cry out thieves after us, (cant)

SQUEAKER, a bar boy, alſo a baſtard or any other child;
to ſtifle the ſqueaker, to murder a baſtard, or throw it
into the neceſſary houſe, (cant)

SQUEEZE CRAB, a ſour looking ſhrivelled diminutive
fellow.

SQUEEZE WAX, a good-natured fooliſh fellow, ready to
become ſecurity for another, under hand and ſeal.

SQUELCH, ſquelch gutted, fat, having a prominent belly;
ſquelch, a fall.

SQUIRE OF Ars ATIA, a weak profligate ſpendthrift
ſquire of the company, one who pays the whole reckon- [i
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STALLING, making or ordaining.

STALLING KEN, a broker's ſhop, or that of a receiver of
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STAMMEL or STRAMMEL, a Coarſe brawny wench.

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STARCHED, ſtiff, prim, formal, affected.

STAR AZ ER, a horſe who throws up his head; alſo a
hedge whore.

STARING QUARTER, an ox cheek,

STARTER, one who leaves a jolly company; a milkſop,
he is no ſtarter, he will fit t longer than a hen.

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ter and Chatham, ſo called by ſoldiers and ſailors, and not
without good reaſon.

STATE, to lie in ſtate, a man in bed with three harlots.

STAY TAPE, a taylor; from that article and its coadjutor
buckram, which makes no ſmall figure in the bills of thoſe
knights of the needle.

STEEL BAR, a needle; a ſteel ber flinger, a taylor, ſtay-
maker, or any other perſon, uſing a needle.

STEENKIRK, a muſlin neckloth careleſsly put on, as at
the battle of Steenkirk.

STEEPLE HOUSE, a name given to the church by Diſ-
ſenters. |

STEPNEY, a decoction of raiſins of the ſun and lemons
in conduit water, ſweetened with ſugar and bottled up,
STEWED QUAKER, burned rum with a piece of butter,
an American remedy for a cold,

STICK FLAMS, a pair of gloves,

STIFF RUMPED, proud, ſtately.

STINGBUM, a niggard.

SrIN Go, ſtrong beer, or other liquor.

STITCH, a nickname for a taylor; z alſo a term for lying
with a woman.

STITCHBACK, ſtrong ale. 8
STiVER CRAMPED, needy, wanting money; a ſtiver is a
Dutch coin, worth ſomewhat more than a penny ſter-
ling.

STOCK DRAWERS, docking: (cant )

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STOCK JOBBERS, perſons who gamble in Exchange alley,
by pretending to buy and fell the public funds, but in
reality only betting that they will be at a certain price,
at a particular time, poſſeſſing neither the ſtock pretended
to be ſold, nor money ſufficient to make good the payments
for which they contract; theſe gentlemen are known un-
der the different appellations of bulls, bears, and lame
ducks ; ſtock and block, the whole; he has loſt ſtock and
block, a good ſtock, i. e. of impudence.

STONE DOUBLET, a priſon ; ſtone dead, dead as a ſtone;
two flone under weight, an eunuch.

STOP HOLE ABBEY, the nick name of the chief rendezvous
of the canting crew of beggars, gypſies, cheats, thieves,
&c. &c. |

OTOTER, a great blow; tip him a ſtoter in the wield
place, give him a blow under the left ear.

STOUP, a veſſel to hold liquor; a veſſel containing a fize
or half a pint, 1s ſo called at Cambridge.

STow, you have ſaid enough, (cant); ſtow your whidds
and plant'em, for the cove of the ken can cant'em; you
have ſaid enough, the man of the houſe underſtands
you. 2

STRAIT LACED, preciſe, over nice, puritanical.

STRAIT WAISTCOAT, a tight waiftcoat, with long ſleeves
coming over the hands, having ſtrings for binding them
behind the back of the wearer; theſe waiſtcoats are uſed
in madhouſes for the management of lunatics when out-
rageous.

STRAMuMEL. See Stammel.

STRANGLE GOOSE, a poulterer.

STRANGER, a guinea,

STRAPPER, a large man or woman.

STRAPPING, lying with a woman, (cant)

STRETCHING, hanging; he'll ſtretch for it, he will be

hanged for it; alſo telling a great lye, he ftretched

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STROKE, to take a ſtroke, to take a bout with a woman,

STRONG MAN, to play the part of the ſtrong man, i. e.
to puſh the cart and horſes too, one whipt at the cart's
tail.

STROMMEL, ſtraw, (cant)

STROWLERS, itinerants of different kinds; ſtrowling
morts, beggars, or pedlars pretending to be widows.

SrRVM, a perriwig; (cant) rum ftrum, a fine large wig;
to ſtrum, to have carnal knowledge of a woman, alſo to
play badly on the harpſichord, or any other ſtringed inſtru-
ment; a ſtrummer of wire, a player on any inſtrument
ſtrung with wire.

S TRUMPET, a harlot,

STUBBLE IT, hold your tongue, (cart)

DTULING KEN, (cant) See ſtalling ken.

STUM, the flower of fermenting wine, uſed by vintners to
adulterate their wines. |

OTURDY BEGGARS, (cant) the fifth and laſt of the moſt
ancient order of canters, beggars that rather demand
than alk. |

SUCK, ſtrong liquor of any ſort; ſucky, drunk; to ſuck the
monkey. See monkey.

Sups, to be in the ſuds, to be involved in ſome difficulty.

SUIT AND CLOAK, good ſtore of brandy, or other ſtrong
liquor, let down gutter lane. |

Sur kx, a one horſe chaiſe, capable of holding but one
perſon.

SUNDAY MAN, one Who goes abroad on that day Pals: for
fear of arreſts,

SUN, to have been in the ſun, ſaid of one that is drunk,

SUNBURNT, clapped, alſo having many male children.

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SUNSHINE, proſperity.

SUPERNACULUM, good liquor, of which there is not even
a drop left utficient to wet one's nail,

SUPOUCH,

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SUPOUCH, a landlady of an inn, or hoſteſs.

Sus. PER COLL. hanged, perſons who have been hanged
are thus entered in the jailers books.

SUSPENCE, one in a deadly ſuſpence, a man juſt turned off
at the gallows,

SUTLER, a camp publican, alſo one that pilfers gloves,
tobacco boxes, and ſuch ſmall moveables.

SWABBERS, the ace of hearts, knave of clubs, ace and duce

of trumps, at whiſt, alſo the lubberly ſeamen, put to ſwab
and clean the ſhip,

SWADLERS, the tenth order of the canting tribe, {cont}
who not only rob, but beat, and often das paſtengers ;
to {waddle, to heat with a ſtick ; ſwadlers is alſo the Iriſh
name for methodiſts, | |

SWAG, a ſhop (cant) rum ſwag, a ſhop full of rich goods,

SWAGGER, to bully, to brag, or boaſt, alſo to ſtrut.

SWANERY, he keeps a ſwanery, i. e. all his geeſe are ſwans.

SWEATING,. a mode of diminiſhing the gold coin, prac-

tiſed chiefly by the Jews, who corrode it with aqua regia.
Sweating was alſo a diverſion pracliſed by the bloods of

the laſt century who ſtiled themſelves Mohocks. Theſe
gentlemen laid in wait to ſurprite ſome perſon late in the
night, when ſurrounding him, they with their ſwords
pricked him in the poſteriors, which obliged him to be
conftantly turning round, this they continued till they
thought him ſufficiently ſweated.

SWEET, eaſy to be impoſed on, or taken in, expert, dex-
terous, clever; ſweet s your hand, ſaid of « one dexterous at.
ſtealing.

SWEETNERS, guinea droppers, cheats, ſharpers; to ſweeten,
to decoy, or draw in; to be ſweet upon, to coax, wheedle,
court, or allure; he ſeemed ſweet upon that wench, he
ſeemed to court that girl.

SW1GMEN, thieves who travel the country under colour of
buying old ſhoes, old clothes, &c. or ſelling brooms, mops,
&c ; (cant) a ſwig, a hearty draught of liquor.

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SWINGE, to beat ſtoutly; ſwinging, a great ſwinging fel-
low, a great ftout fellow; a ſwinging lie, a luſty lie.

SWING TAIL, a hog.

SWIMMER, a counterfeit old coin.

SWINDLER, one who obtains goods on credit by falſe pre-
tences, and ſells them for ready money at any price, in
order to make up a purſe; this name is derived from the
German word ſchwindlen, to totter, to be ready to fall,
theſe arts being generally praQtiſed by perſons on the totter,
or juft ready to break; the term ſwindler has fince been
uſed to ſignify cheats of every kind.

SWIVE, to copulate,

SWIVEL EYED, ſquinting.

Swor, an exchange.

SwipEs, purſer's ſwipes, purſer's ſmall beer.

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ABBY, an old maid, either from Tabitha, a formal

antiquated name, or elſe from a tabby cat, old maids

being often compared to cats; to drive Tab, to go out on
a party of pleaſure with a wife and family.

TACKLE, a miſtreſs, alſo good clothes ; the cull has tipt

his tackle rum rigging ; the fellow has * his miſtreſs

good clothes.
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TAFFY, i. e. Davy, a general name for a Weichman, St.

David being the tutelar ſaint of Wales; Taffy's day, the

firſt of March, St. David's day.

Tac, RAG AND BOBTAIL, an expreſſion meaning an
aſſemblage of low people, the mobility of all ſorts ; to tag
after one like a tantony pig, to follow one whereyer one
goes, juſt as St, Anthony 1s followed by his pig.

TAIL, a ſword.

TAKEN IN, impoſed on, cheated.

TALE TELLERSõ, perſons ſaid to have been formerly hired
to tell wonderful ſtories of giants and fairies, to lull their
hearers to ſleep; Taleſman, the author of a ſtory, or report;
I'll tell you my tale, and my taleſman. Tale bearers, miſ-
chief makers, incendiaries in families.

TALL BOY, a bottle, or two quart pot,

TALLY MEN, brokers that let out clothes to the women
of the town, See rabbit ſuckers. 1

TALLYWAGsS, or TARRYWAGS, a man's teſticles.

TAME ARMY, the city trained bands; to run tame about
a houſe, to live familiarly in a family with which one 1s
upon a viſit,

TANDEM, a two wheeled chaiſe, buggy, or noddy, drawn
by two horſes, one before the other, that is at lengtb.

TANTADLIN TART, a firreverence, human excrement.

TANTRUMS, pet, or paſſion ; madam was in her tantrums.

TanTwivy, away they went tantwivy, away they went
full ſpeed ; tantwivy was the ſound of the hunting horn in
full cry, or that of a poſt horn,

Tae, a gentle blow; a tap on the ſhoulder, an arreſt
ſhoulder tappers, bailiffs.

TAPE, red, white, or blue tape, gin, or any other ſpiritu-
ous liquor.

TAPLASsH, thick and bad beer.

TAP Too, a beat of the drum, or ſignal for ſoldiers to go to
their quarters, and a direction to the ſutlers to cloſe the

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beat at nine in ſummer, and eight in winter ; the devil's
taptoo, beating the foot againſt the ground, as done by
perſons 1n low ſpirits, |
Tak, a jack tar, a ſailor; tarring and feathering, a puniſh-
ment lately inflifted by the good people of Boſton, on any
perſon convicted, or ſuſpected of loyalty. Such delinquent
being ſtripped naked, were daubed all over with tar, and
afterwards put into a hogſhead of feathers,
TARPAWLIN, a coarſe cloth tarred over, alſo figuratively
a ſailor, oye
TARTAR, to catch a tartar, to attack one of ſuperior
ſtrenoth, or abilities ; this ſaying originated from a ſtory
of an Iriſh ſoldier, in the imperial ſervice, who in a battle
againſt the Turks, called out to his camerade, that he had
caught a Tartar, b:ing him along then, ſaid he; he wont
come anſwered paddy; then come along yourſelf, replied
his camerade; arrah cried he, but he wont let me; a tar-
tar is alſo an adept at any feat, or game; he is quite a
tartar at cricket, or billiards,
Tarr, four, ſharp, quick, pert.
TATLER, a watch.
TArs, falſe dice; tatmonger, one that uſes ſalſe dice;
tit for tat, an equivalent, to give one as good as he brings.
TATTERDEMALLION, a ragged fellow whole clothes
hang all 1n tatters. d
T Awo, beaten.
TAwPD RX, gariſh, gawdy, with lace, or ſtaring and diſcor-
dant colours; a term ſaid to be derived from the ſhrine
and altar of St. Audrey, (an Iſle of Wight ſainteſs)
which for finery exceeded all others thereabouts, ſo as to
become proverbial, whence any fine dreſſed man or wo-
man was ſaid to be all St. Audrey, and by contraction, alt
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TAYLE DRAWERS, thieves who ſnatch gentlemen's ſwords
from their fades ; he drew the cull's tail rumly ; he ſnatch-
ed away the gentleman's ſword cleyerly.

TAYLOR, nine taylors make a man, an ancient and com-
mon ſaying originating from the effeminacy of their em-
ployment; or as ſome have it from nine taylors having
been robbed by one man; according to others from the
ſpeech of a woollen-draper, meaning that the cuſtom of
nine taylors would make or enrich one man, A London
taylor rated to furniſh half a man to the trained bands,
aſking how that could poſhbly be done, was anſwered by
ſending four jouineymen and an apprentice,

TAYLOR's GOOSE, an iron with which, when heated, they

preſs down the ſeams of clothes; a taylor is frequently

filed pricklouſe, from their aflaults on thoſe vermin with
their needles. |

TEAGUELAND, Ireland; Teaguelanders, Iriſhmen,

TEARS OF THE TANKARD, ſtains on a waiſtcoat, ſuppoſ-
ed to be droppings of liquor.

TEA VOIDER, a chamber pot.

TEDDY MY GODSON, an addreſs to a ſuppoſed ſimple fel-
low, or nyſey.

TEMPLE PICKLING, pumping a bailiff, a puniſhment
formerly adminiſtered to any of that fraternity caught ex-
erciſing their functions within the limits of the temple.

TENDER PARNELL, a tender creature, fearful of the leaſt
puff of wind or drop of rain; as tender as Parnell who
broke her finger in a poſlet drink.

TEN Tots, See Bayard of ten toes.

TEN IN THE HUNDRED, an uſurer, more than five in the
hundred, being deemed uſurious intereſt,

TERCEL GENTLE, a rich man,

TERRA FIRMA, an eſtate in land.

TERMAGANT, an outrageous ſcold, from Termagantes, a

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entertainments, where being dreſſed a la turque in long
clothes, he was miſtaken for a furious woman.

TESTER, a ſixpence.

THickx, intimate; they are as thick as two inkle weavers,

THIEF TAKERS, fellows who aſſociate with all kinds of
villains, 1n order to betray them, when they have committed
any of thoſe crimes, which entitles the perſons taking them
to a handſome reward, called blood money. It is the bufi-
neſs of theſe thief takers, to furniſh ſubje&s for a hand-
ſome execution, at the end of every ſeſfions.

THrincsTABLE, Mr. Thingſtable, Mr. Conſtable, a ludi-
crous affectation of delicacy in avoiding the pronunciation
of the firſt ſyllable in the title of that officer, which in
ſound has ſome ſimilarity to an indecent monoſyllable.

TrincuMBoB, Mr. Thingumbob, a vulgar addreſs or
nomination to any perſon whoſe name is unknown;
Thingumbobs, teſticles.

THIRTEENER, a ſhilling in Ireland, which there paſſes
for thirteen-pence,

THier, you are a thief and a murderer, you have killed
a baboon and ftole his face; vulgar abuſe.

THrikDiNG, a cuſtom practiſed at the univerſities, where
two thirds of the original price is allowed by the uphol-
ſterers to the ſtudents for houſhold goods returned to them
within the year. |

Tous, man Thomas, a man's penis.

THORNBACK, an old maid.

THOROUGH CHURCHMAN, a perſon who goes in at one
door of a church, and out at the other without ſtopping.
THorRoUuGH GOOD NATURED WENCH, one who being

aſked to fit down, will he down.

TrorouGH Go NIMBLE, a looſeneſs, a violent purging.

Trnoroucn covon, coughing, and breaking wind back-

wards at the ſame time. |
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THOROUGH srirck, to go thorough ſtitch, to ſtick at
nothing, over ſhoes, over boots.

THrorNs, to be, or fit upon thorns, to be uneaſy, impatient,

anxious for an event,

THREE LEGGED MARE, or $TOOL, the gallows, formerly
conſiſting of three poſts, over which were laid three tranſ-
verſe beams. This clumſey machine has lately given
place to an elegant contrivance, called the new drop, by
which the uſe of that vulgar vehicle a cart, or mechanical
inſtrument a ladder, are alſo avoided; the patients being
left ſuſpended, by the dropping down of that part of the
floor on which they ſtand, This invention was firſt made
ule of for a peer.

THREE THREADS, half common ale, mixed with ſtale and
double beer,

THREPSs, threepence,

THROTTLE, the throat, or gullet.

TuRUus, threepence.

THuMB, by rule of thumb, to do a thing by dint of
practice. CA

THUMMIKINS, an inſtrument formerly uſed in Scotland,
like a vice, to pinch the thumbs of perſons accuſed of
different crimes, in order to extort confeffion.

THwaACK, a great blow with a ſtick acroſs the ſhoulders,

TIB, a young laſs.

Tis or THE BUTTERY, a gooſe; (cant) Saint Tibb's
evening, the evening of the lait day, or day of judgement;
he will pay you on St. Tibb's eve, (Iriſb)

T1ck, to run o'tick, to take up goods upon truſt, to run in
debt, |

T1CcKLE TEXT, a parſon.

T1ckLE PITCHER, a thirſty fellow, a ſot.

TICKLE TAIL, a rod, or ſchoolmaſter.

TiexRux, a licence.

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Tirrixc, eating, or drinking out of meal time, diſputing
or falling out, alſo lying with a wench; a. tiff of punch
a ſma!l bowl of punch. :

T1iLTER, a ſword; to tilt, to fight with a {word ; to run
fall tilt againſt one, alluſion to the ancient Sg with
the lance.

TiM WHISKY, a light one horſe chaiſe without a head.

T1MBER TOE, a man with a wooden leg.

TINEV, little.

Tir, to give, or lend; tip me your daddle, give me your
hand; tip me a br, give me a fhilling ; to tip the lion,
to flatten a man's noſe with the thumb, and the fame time
to extend his mouth with the fingers, thereby giving him a
ſort of lion like countenance; to tip the velvet, tongueing
a woman ; to tip all nine, to knock dowa all the nine pins
at once, at the game of bowls, or ſkittles. Tipping at theſe
games, is ſlightly touching the tops of the pins with the
bowl; tip, a draught, don't ſpoil his tip; tipple, liquor;
eee ſots who are continually ſipping; tipſey, almoſt
drunk.

T1? ror, the beſt, perhaps from fruit, that growing at the
top of the tree being generally the beſt, as partaking moſt
of the ſun; a tip top workman, the beſt, or moſt excellent
workman,

T1PPERARY FORTUNE, two town lands, ſtream's town,
and ballinocack, ſaid of Iriſh women without fortune.

T1KixG, dreſſing, perhaps abbreviation of attiring ; tiring
women, or tire women, women that uted to cut ladies
hair, and-dreſs them.

T1T For TAT, an equivalent.

Pr, a horſe; a pretty little tit, a ſmart little girl; a tit,
or tid bit, a delicate morſel; tommy tit, a ſmart lively
little fellow,

F1TTER, to titter, to ſuppreſs a laugh.

T1iTTLE TATTLE, idle diſcourſe, icandal, women's talk,

or {mall talk.
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TrrrER TATT ER, one reeling, and ready to fall at the
leaſt touch, alſo the childiſh amuſement of riding upon
the two ends of a plank, poiſed on a prop put underneath
its center, called alſo fee ſaw ; perhaps tatter is a ruſtic
pronunciation of totter,

Toad EATER, a poor female relation, an humble compani-
on, or reduced gentlewoman in a great family, the ſtand-
ing but, on which all kinds of practical jokes are played
off, and all ill humours vented, This appellation is derived
from a mountebank's ſervant, on whom all experiments
uſed to be made in public, by the doctor, his maſter,
among which was the eating of toads, formerly ſuppoſed
poiſonous ; ſwallowing toads is here figuratively meant for
ſwallowing, or putting up with inſults, as diſagreeable to a
perſon of feeling, as toads to the ſtomach.

Toar. IN A HOLE, meat baked, or boiled in pye cruſt;
he or ſhe ſits like a toad on a chopping block, a ſaying of
any one who fits ill on horſeback ; as much need of it
as a toad of a fide pocket, ſaid of a perſon who deſires any
thing, for which he has no real occaſion.

ToaASTING IRON, or CHEESE TOASTER, a ſword.

Topox, beat all to a todge, ſaid of any thing beat to maſh,

ToGE, a coat, (cant)

TocuMANs, a cloak, (cant)

ToKkex, the plague, alſo the venereal diſeaſe ; ſhe tipped
him the token, ſhe gave hun a clap or pox.

Tor, or TOLEDO, a ſword, from Spaniſh ſwords made at
Toledo, which place was famous for ſword blades of an
extraordinary temper. |

To T—D MAN, a night man, one who empties neceſſary

houſes. |
Tom Box, a romping girl, who prefers the amuſements

uſed by boys, to thoſe of her own ſex,

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Tou or BEDLAv, the ſame as abram man.

Tou coxx, a ſimple fellow.

Tom THUMB, a dwarf, a little hop-o-my- thumb.

Tom Loxc, a tireſome ſtory teller; it is coming by Tom
Long the carrier, ſaid of any thing that has been long ex-
pected. © n

Toxcur rap, a ſcold, or nimble tongued perſon.

Toxy, a filly fellow, or ninney ; a meer tony, a ſimpleton.

Tool, the inſtrument of any perſon, or faction, a cat's paw.
See cat's paw.

Tor, to cheat, or trick, alſo to inſult ; he thought to have
topped upon me; Top, the ſignal among taylors for ſnuf-
fing the candles, he who Jaſt pronounces that word, 1s ob-
liged to get up and perform the operation.

Tor D1vEnR, a lover of women; an old top diver, one who
has loved old hat in his time.

Tor ER, one that loves his bottle, a ſoaker. See ſoak.

Tor HEAVx, drunk.

Topix FELLOW, one at the top, or head of his pro-
feſſion.

TorPinG CHEAT, the gallows, (cant)

Topfixd cov, the hangman, (cant)

TopsY TURYY, the top {ide t'other way, 1. e. the wrong
ſide upwards, ſome explain it, the top ſide turf ways, turf
being always laid the wrong ſide upwards...

TorcuEcur, bumfodder.

TormMeNTOR OF CATGUT, a fiddler,

Tory, an advocate for abſolute monarchy, alſo an Iriſh
vagabond, robber, or rapparce.

Tosr, or TOAST, a health, alſo a beautiful woman whoſe
health 1s often drank by men ; the origin of this term

was (as it is faid) this, a beautiful lady bathing in a cold
bath ; one of her admirers out of gallantry drank ſome of
the water, whereupon another of her lovers obſerved, he

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and immediately ſaluted the lady.

Toss por, a drunkard; a toſs off, manual pollution.

Torry HEADED, giddy, hair brained. |

Touch, to touch, to get money from any one, alſo to
arreſt; touched in the wind, broken winded ; touched in
the head, inſane, crazy; to touch up a ven to have
carnal knowledge of her.

Tour, a look out houſe, or eminence,

TovuTixs, from tuare, to look about, publicans foreſtalling
gueſts, or meeting them on the road, and begging their
cuſtom, alſo thieves, or ſmugglers on the look out, to ſee
that the coaſt is clear; touting ken, the bar of a public
houſe.

_ ToweER, clipped money, (cant) they have been round the
tower with it. |

ToweER HILL PLAY, a {lap on the face, and a kick on the
breech,

Town BULL, a common whore maſter ; to roar like a
town bull, to cry, or bellow aloud. |

TowRE, to overlook, to riſe aloft, as in a high tower.

ToweEL, an oaken towel, a cudgel ; to rub one down with
an oaken towel, to beat, or cudgel.

Tow Row, a grenadier; the tow row club, a club or
ſociety of the grenadier officers of the line.

TRACK, to go; track up the dancers, go up ſtairs, (cant)

TRAP, to underſtand trap, to know one's own intereſt.

TRAP STICKS, thin legs, from the flicks with which boys
play at trap ball. Gambs,

TRAVELLER, to top the traveller, to tell wonderful ſtories,
to romance,

TRAPES, a flatternly woman, a careleſs fluttiſh woman.

TRANSNEAR, to come up with any body.

TRANSLATORS, ſellers of old mended ſhoes and boots,
between coblers and ſhoemakers,

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TRAPAN, to inveigle, or inſnare.

TRAPES, an indolent ſlatternly woman.

TRAY TRIP, an ancient game like Scotch hop, played on
a pavement, marked out with chalk into different com-

partments.

TRESswIxs, threepence.

T RIB, a priſon, perhaps from tribulation.

TRIGRYMATE, an idle female companion.

TRI, ſtate, dreſs; in a fad trim, *. alſo ſpruce, or fine,
a trim fellow.

TRIM TRAM, like maſter, like man.

TRIMMING, cheating, changing fide, or beating; I'll trim
his jacket, Vil ieh him; to be trimmed, to be ſhaved,
I'll juſt ſtep and get trimmed.

T RINE, to hang, allo tyburn.

TRINING, hanging.

TRINKETS, toys, bawbles, or nicknacks.

TRINGUM TRANGUM, a whim, or maggot.

TRIP, a ſhort voyage, or journey, a falſe ſtep, or ſtumble,
an error in the tongue, a baſtard; ſhe has made a trip, ſhe
has had a baſtard,

TR1PE, the belly, or guts; Mr. Double Tripe, a fat man;
tripes and trullibubs, the entrails, alſo ajecring appellation
for a fat man,

TROLL, to loiter, or ſaunter about.

TROLLVY LOLLY, coarſe lace, once much in faſhion.

TROLLOY, a luſty coarſe fluttiſn woman.

'TRooOPER, half-a- crown; you will die the death of a
trooper's horſe, that is with your ſhoes on, a jocular me-
thod of telling any one he will be hanged.

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gentle pace.
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TROTTERS, feet; to ſhake one's trotters at Bilby's ball,
where the ſheriff pays the fidlers; perhaps the Bilboa's
ball, i. e. the ball of fetters: fetters and ſtocks were an-
ciently called the bilboes.

TROUNCE, to puniſh by courſe of law.

Truck, to exchange, ſwop, or barter; alſo a wheel ſuch
as ſhips guns are placed upon.

Txrvs, a dirty puzzle, an ordinary forry woman.

TRULL, a ſoldier or a tinker's trull, a ſoldier's or tinker's
female companion. | |

TRUMPERY, an old whore, or goods of no value; rub-
biſh.

TRUMPETER, the King of Spain's trumpeter, a braying
aſs; to ſound one's own trumpet, to praiſe one's ſelf,

TRrUMPSs, to be put to one's trumps, to be in difficulties,
or put to one's ſhifts ; ſomething may turn up trumps,
ſomething lucky may happen.

TRUNDLERS, pcaſe.

TRruNK, a noſe; how fares your old trunk, does your
nole ſtill ſtand faſt, an alluſion to the proboſcis or trunk
of an elephant; to ſhove a trunk, to introduce one's ſelf
unaſked into any place or company; trunk-maker like,
more noiſe than work,

TRUSTY TROJAN, or TRUSTY TROUT, a true friend.

TRYNING, See trining.

T vB THUMPER, a preſbyterian parſon.

TucKeED vr, hanged; a tucker up to an old batchelor or
widower, a ſuppoſed miſtreſs, |

Torr HUNTER, an univerſity paraſite, one who courts
the acquaintanec of nobility whoſe caps are adorned with a
cold tuft, | |

TUMBLER, a cart; to ſhove the tumbler, or perhaps,
tumbril, to be whipt at the cart's tail ; alſo a ſharper em-
ployed to draw in pigeons to game; Jikewiſe a poſture
maſter, or rope dancer,

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Tur RUNNING, Aa rural ſport practiſed at wakes and fairs
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is turned out to the multitude, any one that can take him
by the tail and hold him faſt is to have him for his
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TuRK, a cruel hard hearted man; Turkiſh treatment,
barbarous uſage ; Turkiſh ſhore, Lambeth, Southwark,
and Rotherithe fide of the Thames,

TURKEY MERCHANT, a poulterer.

TURNPIKE MAN, a parſon, becauſe the clergy collect
their tolls at our entrance into and exit from the world.

Turn cor, one who has changed his party from inte-
reſted motives,

TuRNIP PATED, White or fair haired,

TvusKiN, a country carter or ploughman,

TwWANGEY or STANGEY, a north country name for a
tailor, 1}

TwEAGUE, in a great tweague, in a pafſion ; tweaguey,
peeviſh, paſſionate,

TwEAEk, to pull; to tweak any one's noſe.

TwELVER, a ſhilling.
Twic, to twig, to obſerve ; twig the. cull, he is peery,
obierve the l he is watching us; alſo to diſengage,

ſnap aſunder, or break off ; to twig the darbies, to knock
off the irons.
izr, 2 mixture of half tea and half coffee ; likewiſe
brandy, beer and eggs; a good twift, a good appetite ;
to twiſt it down apace, to eat heartily.
TwISsT ED, executed, hanged.
Twix, to twit, to reproach a perſon, or remind him of

favors conferred.

TwiTToc, two, (cant)

Twirrrk, all in a twitter, in a fright; twittering is
alſo the note of ſome ſmall birds, fuch as the robin, &c.

Two

Two HANDED, great; a two handed fellow or wench,
a great {trapping man or woman. |
TWO To ONE SHOP, a pawn-broker's, alluding to the

three blue balls, the ſign of that trade, or perhaps from its
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TyYNEY, See tiney.

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AG ARI ES, frolicks, wild rambles.

VAIN GLORIOUS, or OSTENTATIOUS MAN, one
who boaſts without reaſon, or, as the canters ſay, piſſes
more than he drinks.

VALENTINE, the firſt woman ſeen by a man, or man ſeen
by a woman on St. Valentine's day, the 14th of February,
when, it is ſaid, every bird chuſes his mate for the enſuing
year. |

Vamy, to pawn any thing; I'll vamp it, and tip you the
cole, ll pawn it, and give you the money; alſo to refit,
new dreſs, or rub up old hats, ſhoes, or other wearing ap-
parel, likewiſe to put new feet to old boots,

V amMPERs, ſtockings.

Van, madam van, Sec madam,

VARLETS, now rogues and raſcals, formerly yeomen's

ſervants,
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where vaulting and other manly exerciſes are taught,

VELVET, to tip the velvet, to put one's tongue into a wo-
man's mouth; to be upon velvet, to have the beſt of a
be or match.

Vicar OF BRAY. See bray.

VieTUALLING OFFICE, the ſtomach.

VINCENT's LAw, the art of cheating at cards, compoſed
of the following aſſociates, bankers, thoſe who play booty,
the gripe, he that betteth, and the perſon cheated, who is
ſtiled the vincent; the gains acquired termage.

VINEGAR, a name given to the perſon, who with a whip it in
his hand, and a hat held before his eyes, Kk eps the ring
clear at boxing matches and cudgel playings, alſo in cant
terms, a cloak.

UNuzic'D, vndreſſed, or ſtripped ; unrig the drab, ſtrip the
wench. |

UN TWISTED, undone, ruined, done up.

UNWASHED BAWDRY, rank bawdry.

UNCLE, mine uncle's, a neceſſary houſe ; he is gone to viſit
his uncle, ſaving of one who leaves his wife ſoon after
marriage; it likewiſe mear.s a pawnbroker's, goods pawned
are frequently ſaid to be at mine uncle's, or laid up in
lavender. i | |

UNDERSTRAPPER, an inferior 1n any office, or department,

UNFORTUNATE GENTLEMEN, the horſe guards, who
thus named themſelves in Germany, where a general officer
ſeeing them very aukward in bundling up their forage,
aſked what the devil they were, to which ſome of them
anſwered, unfortunate gentlemen,

UNGRATEFUL MAN, a parton, who at lcaſt once a week
abu:es ins beſt benefactor, 1, e. the devil.

UNGUENTUM AUREUM, a bribe,

UN1CoRN, a coach drawn by three horſes,

UNLICKED CUB, a rude uncouth youn” glow.

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attempts to cheat, or deceive, to be on a footing, or in
the ſecret.

UyPHniLLs, falſe dice that run high.

Uppisn, teſty, apt to take offence.

UP RIGHT MEN, an upright man fignifies the chief, or
principal of a crew; the vileſt ſtouteſt rogue in the pack
is generally choſen to this poſt, and has the ſole right to
the firſt night's lodging with the dells, who afterwards are
uſed in common among the whole fraternity, He carries
a ſhort truncheon in his hand, which he calls his filchman,
and has a larger ſhare than ordinary in whatſoever is got-
ten, in the ſociety. He often travels in company with
thirty or forty, males and females, abram-men, and others,
over whom he preſides arbitrarily, ſometimes the women
and children who are unable to travel or fatigued, are by
turns carried in panniers by an aſs or two, or by ſome poor
Jades procured for that purpoſe. Go upright, a word uſed
by ſhoemakers, taylors, and their ſervants, when any
money is given to make them drink, and fignifies, bring
it all out in liquor, though the donor intended leſs, and
expects change; or ſome of his money to be returned,

UPsTaARTSs, perſons lately raiſed to honor and riches from
mean ſtations. |

URrcHnin, a child, a little fellow, alſo a hedge hog.

URINAL OF THE PLANETS, Ireland, ſo called from the
frequent rains in that ifland.

UsED up, killed; a military ſaying, originating from a
meſſage tent by the late general Guiſe, on the expedition
at Carthagena, where he defired the commander in chief,
to order him ſome more grenadiers, for thoſe he had were
all uſed up.

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a foot Es frequently uſed by thoſe of the

cavalry, | |

WapDLE, to go like a duck; to waddle out of Change
Alley as a lame duck, a term for one who has not been
able to pay his gaming debts, called his differences, on the
ſtock exchange, and therefore abſents himſelf from it.

Was, waggiſh, arch, gameſome, frolickſome.

WACGTAIL, a lewd woman.

WakE, a country feaſt, commonly on the ary of
the tutelar ſaint of the village, that is, the ſaint to v. nom
the pariſh church is dedicated; alſo a cuſtom of watching
the dead, called late wake, in uſe both in Ireland aad
Wales, where the corps being depoſited under a table,
with a plate of ſalt on its breaſt, the table is covered with
liquor of all forts, and the gueſts, particularly the younger
part of them, amuſe themſelves with all ſorts of paſtimes
and recreations, the conſequence is Ronny more than
replacing the departed friend.

WaLLowIsH, a maukiſh ill taſte,

WALKING CORNET, an enſign of foot.

WALL, to walk, or crawl up the wall, to be fcored up at a

public houſe ; wall eyed, a wall eye, is an eye with little
or no ſight, all white like a plaiſtered wall,

Wap, to copulate ; if ſhe won't wap for a winne, let her
trine for a make, if ſhe won't lie with a man for a penny,
let her hang for a halfpenny; mort warp-a-pace, a wo-
man of experience, or very expert at the ſport.

W APPER EYED, ore eyed.

WARM, rich, in good circumſtances,

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warmingpan, a female bedfellow.

WARREN, one that is ſecurity for goods taken up on credit
by extravagant young gentlemen ; cunny warren, a girls
boarding-ſchool ; alſo a bawdy houſe.

Was, paint for the face, or coſmetic water; hogwaſh,
thick and bad beer,

WAsPIsH, pceviſh, ſpiteful.

WasTE, ye of waſte, a tavern or alchouſe where idle
people waſte both their time and money.

„ 8 HEADED, apt to ſhed tears. |

WATERPAD, one that robs ſhips in the river of Thames.

WATER BEWITCHE7D, very weak punch or beer.

WATTLES, ears, (cont) |

WEppiNG, emptying a neceſſary houſe in and about
London.

WEEPING Ross, to come home by Weeping Croſs, to

repent,

WEEZLE FACED, thin meagre faced ; weezle gutted, thin
bodied, A weezle is a thin long ſlender animal with a
{harp face.

WELCH FIDDLE, the itch. See Scotch fiddle,

WELCH RABBIT, bread and cheeſe toaſted. See rabbit.
A Welch rare bit, the Welch are ſaid to be ſo remark-
ably fond of cheeſe, that in caſes of difficulty their mid-

wives apply a piece of toaſted cheeſe to the janua vite,”

to attract and entice the young Taffy, who on ſmelling it
makes moſt vigorous efforts to come forth.

WESTMINSTER WEDDING, a match between a whore
and a rogue,

WET QUAKER, one of that ſect who loves his bottle,

WHACK, a ſhare of a booty obtained by fraud; a paddy
whack, a ſtout brawny Iriſhman,

WHAPPER, a large man or woman.

WHEADLE, a ſharper; to cut a wheadle, to decoy, by

fawning or inſinuation, (cant)
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Witrer.BAND IN THE NICK, regular drinking over the
left thumb. |

WHELP, an impudent whelp, a ſawey boy.

WHET, a morning's draught, commonly white wine, ſup-
poſed to whet or ſharpen the appetite.

WHETSTONE's PARK, a lane between Holborn and Lin—
coln's-inn, formerly famed for being the reſort of women
of the town.

WHIFFLES, a relaxation of the ſcrotum,

WHIFFLERS, ancient name for fifers; allo perſons at
the univerſities who examine candidates for degrees; a
whiffling cur, a ſmall yelping cur.

WHuzrps, words, (cant)

WHIDDLE, to tell or diſcover, (cant). He whiddles, be

peaches; he whiddles the whole ſcrap, he diſcovers all
he knows; the cull whiddled becauſe they would not tip
him a ſnack, the fellow peached becauſe they would not
give him a ſhare ; they whiddle bect, and we muſt bruſh,

they cry out thieves and we muſt make off,

WrHriDDLER, an informer, or one that betrays the ſecrets
of the gang.

WHIGLAND, Scotland.

WHIN YARD, a ſword.

WHIMPER or WHINDLE, a low cry.

WINE, to complain.

1o wHiP THE COCK, a piece of ſport practiſed at wakes, -

horſe races and fairs in Leiceſterſhire, a cock being tied
or faſtened into a hat or baftket, half a dozen carters

blindfolded and armed with their cart whips are placed

round it, who after being turned thrice about, begin to
whip the cock, which if any one ſtrikes ſo as to make it
cry out, it becomes his property; the joke is, that inſtead

of whipping the cock they flog cach other heartily.
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WHIP OFF, to run away; to drink off greedily, to ſnatch;
he whipped away from home, went to the” ale-houſe
where he whipped off a ful tankard, and coming back
whipped off a fellow's hat from his head,

W HIPPER SNAPPER, a diminutive fellow.

WailPsHIRE, Lorkfhire.

WHIPSTER, a {harp or ſubtle fellow.

WHIRLYGIGs, teſticles,

Wulsk, a little inconſiderable impertinent fellow.

WHISKER, a great lye.

Wulskix, a ſhallow brown drinking bowl.

WHISTLE, the throat ; to wet one's whiſtle, to drink.

WH1sKY, a malt ſpirit much drank in Ireland; alſo a one
horſe chaiſe. See tim whiſky,

WHITECHAPEL PORTION, two ſmocks and what nature
gave; Whitechapel breed, fat ragged and ſaucy. See

St. Giles's breed. Whitechapel beau, who dreſſes with

a needle and thread, and undreſſes with a knife,

WHITE SERJEANT, a man fetched from the tavern or
alehouſe by his wife, is faid to be arreſted by the white

ſerjeant. |

Wulr, Newgate, (cant); five rumpadders are rub'd in
the darkman's out of the whit, and are piked into the
deuſeaville, five highwavmen broke out of Newgate in
the night and are gone into the country.

WHITE FEATHER, he has, a white feather, he is a cow-
ard, an alluſion to a game cock, where having a white
feather, 1s a proof he 1s not of the true game breed,

WHITE LIVERED, cowardly, malicious.

WHITE LYE, a harmleſs lye, one not to'd with a malici-
ous intent, a lye told to reconcile perſons at variance.

WHITHER-GO-YE, a wife; wives being fometimes apt to
queſtion their huſbands whither they are going,

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WHITEWASHED, one who has taken the benefit of an act
of inſolvency, to defraud his creditors, is ſaid to have
been whitewaſhed.

WuHoRE's CURSE, a piece of gold coin value five ſnillings
and three-pence, frequently given to women of the town

by ſuch as profeſſed always to give gold, and who before
the introduction of thoſe pieces, always gave half a
guinea.

WHORESBIRD, a debauched fellow, the largeſt of all
birds. |

WHORE's KITLING, or WHORE's SON, a baſtard.

Wow BALL, a milkmaid, from their frequent uſe of the
word whow, to make the cow ſtand fill in milking ; Ball
is the ſuppoſed name of the cow,

W1BBLE, bad drink.

W1iBLIiNG's WITCH, the four of clubs, from one James
Wibling, who in the reign of King James I. grew rich

by private gaming, and was commonly obſerved to have
that card, and never to loſe a game but when he had it
not. ;

W1cCKET, a caſement, alfo a little door.

Winow's WEEDS, mourning clothes of a peculiar faſhion,
denoting her ſtate; a graſs widow, a diſcarded miſtreſs ;
a widow bewitched, a woman whoſe huſband is abroad,
and ſaid, but not certainly known to be dead,

WIE IN WATER COLOURS, a miſtreſs, or concubine,
water colours being like their engagements, eaſily effaced
or diſlolved. 5

WrcsByY, Mr. Wies, a man wearing a Wig.

WIOANNOWRNSs, a man wearing a large wig.

WILD ROGUES, rogues trained up to ſtealing from their
cradles.
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W1LLow, poor and of no reputatios; to wear the willow,
to be abandoned by a lover, ar miſtreſs.

Wix, to ſteal; winnings, plunder, goods, or money acquired
by theft; the cull has won a couple of rum glim ſticks,
the fellow has ſtolen a pair of fine candleſticks; a win is
alſo a penny.

W1NDp, to raiſe the wind, to procure money,

WiINnDFALL, a legacy, or any accidental accgfſion of
property.

WIND v, fooliſh a windy fellow, a ſimple fellow,

WINDMILLS IN THE HEAD, fooliſh projects.

WIN DWARD PASSAGE, one who uſes, or navigates the
windward paſſage, a ſodomite. |

WinDow PEEPER, a collector of the window tax.

Wink, to tip one the wink, to-give a ſignal by winking
the eye.

Wir E, a blow, or reproach; I'll give you a wipe on the
chops; that ſtory gave him a fine wipe.

'W1PER, a handkerchief, (cant)
"WIPER DRAWER, a pickpocket, one who ſteals handker-

chiefs; he drew a broad, narrow, cam, or ſpeckt wiper,

he picked a pocket of a broad, narrow, cambrick, or
coloured handkerchief,

WIRKEDRAW, to lengthen out, or extend any book, letter,
or diſcourſe, | |

WISEACRE, a fooliſh conceited fellow.

WrsE MEN or GoTHAaM, Gotham is a village in Not-
tinghamſhire, its magiſtrates are ſaid to have attempted
to hedge in a cuckow, a buſh, called the cuckow's buſh, is
{till ſhewn in ſupport of the tradition; a thouſand other
ridiculous ſtories are told of the men of Gotham.

WISKER SPLITTER, a man of intrigue.

WirenkR, filver; witcher bubber, a filver bowl; witcher
tilter, a ſilver hilted ſword 5 witcher cully, a filver ſmith,
WoBBLE, to boil, pot wobbler, one who boils a pot,
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Woovp, in a wood, bèwildered; in a maze, in a peck of

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Woopkx RUFF, the pillory. See Norway neckeloth.
WooDEN HABEAS, a coffin, a man who dies in priſon, is
{aid to go out with a wooden habeas ; he went out with a

wooden habeas, i. e. in his coffin.

WoopDEN sukrovr, a coffin,

Woop rPECKER, a byſtander, who bets whilſt another
plays.

WomMAN OF THE TOWN, or WOMAN OF PLEASURE, a
proſtitute. |

WoMBLETY CRoPT, the indiſpoſition of à drunkard, after
a debhauch. See cropſick.

Wo0Lb1RD, a ſheep, (cant)

Woor GATHERING, your Wits are gone a wool gathering,
laying to an abſent man, one in a revetie, or abſorbed in
thought.

WooLLEY CROWN, a ſoft headed fellow.

Wonp PECKER, a punſter, one who plays upon words.

Worx, to worm out, to obtain the knowledge of a ſecret
by craft, alio to undermine, or ſupplant; he is gone to

the diet of worms, he is dead and buried, or gone to Rot-
his-bone,

VWRAPT UP IN WARM FLANNEL, drunk with irioous
liquors; he was Wrapt up in the tail of his mother's
ſmock, ſaying of any one remarkable for his ſucceſs with
the ladies; to be wrapt up in any one, is generally uſed
to have a good opinion of him, or to be under his influence.

War MOUTH AND A PISSEN PAIR OF BREECHES,
hanging.

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Y ANKEY, or TANKEY DOODLE, a bapby or country
lout, a name given to the New England men in North
America, :

YARMOUTH CAPON, a red herring, Yarmouth 1s a fa-
mous place for curing herrings.

YAakMOUTH COACH, a kind of low two wheeled cart
drawn by one horſe, not much unlike an Iriſh carr.

YARMOUTH PYE, a pye made of herrings highly ſpiced,
which the city of Norwich is by charter bound to pre-
ſent anuually to the king.

YARUM, milk, (cant)

YEA AND NAY MAN, a quaker; a ſimple fellow, one who
can only anſwer yes or no.

YELLOW, to look yellow, to be jealous; I happened to
call on Mr, Green who was out, on coming home and
finding tne with his wife, he began to look confounded
blue, and I thought a little yellow. Yellow boys,
guineas.

YELLOW CAT, the golden lion, a noted brothel in the

Strand, ſo named by the ladies who frequented it.

YELP, to yelp, to cry out; yelper, a town cryer; alſo
one apt to make great complaints on trifling occaſions.

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YoKED, married; a yoke, the quantum of labour per-

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43 being divided in ſummer inta three yokes. (Kentiſh
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YoRKSHIRE TIKE, a SL clown; 8 to come Vork-
ſhire over any one, to cheat him.

Low, to cry aloud, or howl.

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bf ZAxvx, the jeſter, Jack Pudden, or my Andrew to
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1 Zovcn or sLovcen, a flovenly ungenteel man, one who

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1 xyz, the ſame as znees.

ZounDs, an exclamation, an abbreviation of God's
wounds,

ZUCKE, a wethered ſtump of a tree,

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